Keener's cultural background argument: Romans feared women's advancement threatening social order

Keener argues: Roman aristocracy felt threatened by social changes including upward mobility of women. Foreign religions were suspected of subverting the moral order. Paul was supposedly being strategically sensitive to Roman culture. Mike notes the case relies on many 'maybes' and 'probablys,' and that the advancement of women was actually faster in Rome itself, which seems to undercut the argument.