Kristen

Jeremy, I could turn around and ask you, “Why do men desire so much to keep the pulpit from women? Could it have something to do with Genesis 3:16?” Two can play at that game. I myself have no desire for the pulpit. I only wish for my sisters who feel God’s calling, to be able to answer it just as freely as my brothers can.
It is interesting to me that you have offered no exegetical support for your own position, but still insist that your view is based on exegesis, implying that mine is based on eisegesis– when I am the one who has explicated the Greek meanings of words, compared texts to one another, analyzed what the words and phrases say outright vs. what is assumed, and compared one text to another asking reasoned questions about how they would have worked together in the early church.
You do not find my exegesis persuasive. So be it. Your reasoning for why you do not support women in ministry is your own. I was not saying that your reasons were the same as those of former supporters of black slavery or divine right of kings. I was simply saying that the Scriptures have been used by those in power to support their power– and that anyone reading them would be well advised to take that human motivation into account, particularly when it has to do with “traditional” interpretations. No accusation of your own personal motives was intended.
I wish you well.