Exceptional cases make bad laws, and we do not adopt general expectations for a class of people based on those exceptions. Within the Church today we do not get that reaction when we are speaking to men. This is because the biblical teaching on federal headship can at first glance be confused with our generation’s predisposition to male-bashing. However, if a preacher turns around and gives women the mildest of exhortations, people’s feelings get hurt.
