Genesis 2:20-2:23
“... but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.”
“And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;”
“And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.”
“Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.”
The Bible teaches that God created man, then took one of his ribs to create woman as his helpmate. The Almighty understood the importance of the relationship between each individual man and woman, which is precisely why this issue consumes so much of our lives. God’s plan was to allow them to live together in harmony. Unfortunately, as we know the serpent tempted Eve to dine on the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil and as a consequence to this original sin both men and women have been suffering under conflicting guidelines ever since.
From the beginning, when Adam and Eve were run out of Eden for disobeying God, our genders roles were genetically engineered to fulfill their preordained roles. To understand our gender roles we must first accept that we women are indeed hardwired differently than our male counterparts. Men are motivated to join with a woman to procreate our species. This drive directs men to find the most appealing woman to bear his children. Likewise the woman is driven to survive and procreate with the best provider to care for her children. This was a brilliant plan because if a woman’s sex drive was as strong as her mate’s then not much work would ever get completed, potentially resulting in the demise of our species.
