Notice, above and before all else, that Paul presumes that both sexes exercise communal leadership in prayer and prophecy: “Any man who prays or prophesies with something on his head disgraces his head, but any woman who prays or prophesies with her head unveiled disgraces her head—it is one and the same thing as having her head shaved” (11:4–5). Still, what is the problem, and why so much sound and fury over head-covering?
