Throughout the history of Christianity, women have underestimated, underappreciated and downright oppressed. The playing field has never been level and men often twisted scripture to abuse, shame or subdue women. Sure, in ancient times, culture was patriarchal, but we are now thousands of years past the time of Jesus and these problems still exist within the church, especially within conservative circles.
There's no easy way to say it, but conservative religious men have a problem with women. Through their perspective, a women's value is in the home, making babies and tending to the work not deemed for men. The same thing happens in the church. Women can teach other women and children, but definitely not men. So, however you shake it, complementarianism is misogyny.
It's been an enduring cancer on theology and one of the many sins of the church. This has to change. Christianity has to change. If Jesus saw women as equal members of the faith, why do so many Christians not?
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