ANSWER: It is the will of God! 1 Timothy 2:11-12 forbids the woman to usurp authority that God has given to the man: “Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.” The reason given in verses 13-14 is: “For Adam was first formed, then Eve. And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.” This does not mean, however, that the woman is inferior to the man. God has assigned different roles to each, and each must function within his or her assigned roles to be pleasing to God. The significant roles assigned to women are expressed in I Timothy 5 and Titus 2. Christian women will have no desire to violate or go beyond the bounds of what God has prescribed for them!