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One thing I might add. There always seems to be this need to make “head”=”source” in Egalitarian circles. We should not forget that the head/body metaphor is in use here. In this context, “head” means the anatomical head in its relationship to the anatomical body. Metaphorically, it could have the sense of “source”, but I am not so sure there aren’t better interpretations.

I agree. There is the meaning of source in 1 Co 11 according to the context but kephale in this passage is used in a metaphor. Therefore I think it has a different though similar meaning to “source”.