Craig

Sorry Mark, but you lost me with your illustration. You may need to explain it a bit more for it to make sense to me.
You said

“I want all people will blonde hair to stand over to the left
Likewise i want all people with dark hair standing over to the right.
……………
Now the people with dark hair you should be …”
Are you saying these statements would be understood to only be referring to men?????

Also, could you please explain what you mean by “to stress it too far” regarding the word “likewise”.

You asked

“What was the particular concern in verse 11 that Paul states? Especially considering that ‘dignified’ the first qualification is EXACTLY the same word used as in verse 8. Therefore if verse 8 includes women why repeat himself?”

I’ll quote from Cheryl again.
“Paul lists an additional qualification that specifically deals with an issue that plagues women when he says “likewise” and that added qualification is the issue of gossip. In Titus 2:3 Paul again links women (and specifically older women) with the bad habit of gossip.”