Paula

Yes, to even question male preeminence is to “usurp authority” and prove that women are all cursed with wanting to rule men. That’s the black and white world many live in. Yet I would ask them these questions:

What part of “egalitarian” means supremacy?

Who is it that really wants power and control, and will curse his own “co-heirs” rather than give it up?

How is one case of subjugation based on genetics (gender) different than another (skin color)?

Does God judge by outward appearances now? Has he stopped looking on the heart? Has he decided that it is better after all to be a respecter of persons?

Where does it say men must be responsible for women, or husbands for wives?

As others have pointed out on occasion, the so-called “plain reading of scripture” that is the basis for male supremacy is dropped like a hot potato when they read “submit to one another”, “co-heirs”, “the greatest must be the least”, “the first will be last”, etc.