Why Women Are More Easily Deceived Than Men

A wife, through the power that she has over the heart of her husband, can easily lead her husband astray. Adam was not deceived but his wife played a very particular role in leading him astray. The claim that paul's argument is that women are less intelligent than men would seem to be quite unsustainable. Guarding and upholding the boundaries of truth is not just about intelligence in general, but requires a particular sort of judgment that is more commonly and among men. Men often affirming of women's positions or protect them from attack compromises the capacity of such conversation to guard the boundaries that really matter.