Paul's consistent teaching across all churches

Mike points to 1 Corinthians 7:17 ('I direct in all the churches'), 1 Cor 4:17 ('my ways in Christ, as I teach everywhere in every church'), and 1 Cor 11:16 ('we have no such practice, nor do the churches of God'). Paul consistently presents his rulings on gender as applying to all churches, not just those with specific problems. The idea that 1 Tim 2 addresses a uniquely Ephesian situation is contradicted by Paul's pattern of universal instruction on these matters.