Kay

“I don’t think we can have it both ways. Either Gen 3:16 is predictive about ONLY Adam and Eve’s relationship or it is predictive about all human marriage. I can’t fathom it being mostly about Adam and Eve, sort of about all marriage, or the worst of them all, all about husbands but only a little about wives.”

gengwall,
I view Gen.3:16 in a different manner – that it is not only a marriage predictive, but predictive of human relationships. Because all human relationship began with Adam and Eve, but not all relationships are marital, I think it must include both.

Somewhat like you commented earlier on the physical power advantage of males, it appears to me the greater physical strength in males gave the first ones an initial power advantage in their rugged existence. Now with machinery to do most physical work and because intellect and education have virtually replaced that particular power advantage in our western culture the dynamics are slowly changing.