Kay

Mark,
You’ve said your “view is this- men and women are equal in essence, in the image fo God, but not in function.”

Are you saying that a male’s authority is not in his essence, but by being born with male reproductive organs?

But, “there are eunuchs who have been so from birth, and there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs by men, and there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven.” according to Jesus in Matthew 19

Or, are you saying that the essence of men and women is different?