Thanks for this thread, in my re-reading and research I have discovered a new book to read. Being a feminist, I know a plague upon the Earth, I resent it when men make ascertain that women were equal to men in the Bronze Age. There may have been a few men advanced in their thinking during that time, but for the most part, in recorded history, women were second class citizens and holy scripture by all religions was used to keep them in check. It was Yahwh, Ali's, pick your god and fill in the blank, that women should be subjugated, and that word is used, in Peter and Titus and Corinithians to describe the relationship between men and women. If Jesus preached equality, It is sure hard to tell, the followers never really latched on to that message.
Anyway, the sign of true equality would be or the major denominations to give the priesthood to women, until that happens, you aren't going to convince me men And women are equals when it comes to religion.