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Mark,

Is my understanding correct? Are you saying: Eve, a female, because she was created to be a “help meet” is assigned a subordinate helper role in a hierarchy in relation to Adam, the male, who is assigned a leader role and given a superior position in the hierarchy just because “the man” was directly addressed about the banishment?

I see that as equivalent to saying: Adam, a male, because he felt as if he was lacking something and needed someone is assigned a subordinate role in a hierarchy in relation to Eve, the female, who is assigned a superior role because she is created because she was needed in order to alleviate Adam’s sense of loneliness or need for a companion. Is it not?

While the latter is ridiculous, at least this scenario of supposed superior/subordinate role assignments is based on objective criteria rather than being based on the assumed significance of “the man” being addressed regarding banishment with disregard to the larger context.