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Cheryl:
“…and the fact that men all around the world seem to have inherited the tendency to want to “rule” in the same way.”

gengwall:
You again are asserting that Adam’s “rule” is attested to by males everwhere – i.e. that Gen 3:16 is predictive of the entire male gender and its conduct not only in marriage but also in society as a whole – yet you insist that Eve’s “desire” applies to her and her alone. How can that be? How can the Adam side of Gen 3:16 be universally about males, especially in marriage, but the Eve side of Gen 3:16 be only about Eve and have nothing to do with any other females in marriage or anywhere else?

Cheryl,
It does seem to be the case that men SEEM to have a tendency to WANT to “rule”.

gengwall,
Gen 3:16 is at least predictive it SEEMS of the tendency but not necessarily conduct.

Lin,
Combine Adam’s sin nature with Eve’s desire and walla, I can see a possiblity of women desiring their husbands but in a bad way, but this desire would not apply to Eve since she is not offspring of Adam. But this isn’t to say that all women would have this “bad desire” since they can have the deisre and if not affected by the sin nature it can be “good” as was Eve’s.