God was communicating that in the beginning he created Adam and Eve to be a beautiful image of two equal parts, side by side with no subordination or inequality. They weren’t identical, but they were equal. They are mutually together, serving God in community together with no hierarchy, chauvinism, or polygamy. There are no “female in the kitchen” or “barefoot and pregnant” jokes. In the beginning, they were designed to serve God together as equals, and God even says they are “one flesh.”
