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Conservative ChristiansEarly Christianity was marked by the elevation of women by [[Jesus]]' impartiality and [[apostle Paul|Paul]]'s words, "In Christ there is neither male nor female" ([[Galatians 3:28]]). Western culture has generally caught up with [[New Testament]] teaching regarding equality and in some cases goes farther than the majority teachings of devout the [[church]] at large. Some Christians in oppose this apparent secular intrusion, while other Christians believe the West, say that men church succumbed to historical sexism and women are equal but have different gender roles in accordance with how no longer teaches God created them's original equality. English Bibles are almost always translated The issue is often muddied by being conflated with this perspective[[homosexuality]] and gay rights.

Orthodox share the same basic view as conservatives on gender roles, but tend to be more limiting to womenDivisions of thought are not well defined. For example, conservatives and the orthodox agree men have more authority in the household than Many Christians do not know what they believe or may believe very differently from the women, but disagree as to how much morecreed of their attending church.

Conservative Christians tend to teach that men and women are equal but have different gender roles in accordance with how God created them. [[Eastern Orthodoxy]] shares the same basic view as most conservative Christians on gender roles, although in some cases it appears more limiting to women.  Egalitarianism, in its extreme form, says that the gender roles of men and women are the same, that God may (or may not) call either sex to perform any duty. Many egalitarians Christians who hold to this view look for support their view from in the Bible, holding that the Bible has been mistranslated and/or misinterpreted. Some egalitarians refer to themselves as "feminists" as a synonym, not the way "feminist" is normally definedin parts.

Biblical statements concerning women include:* God's Law of Marriage - in [[Genesis 2:24 ]] - "A man will leave his family . . ." Eve Controversey - Genesis 3 - * Controversy about Eve's Rolein [[Genesis 3]] * Woman being created from Adam's Rib - ([[Genesis 3:21]] -[[Genesis 3:22 ]])* [[Head Coverings]] ([[1 Corinthians 11:2]] - Adam[[1 Corinthians 11:16]]) - Women must cover their head when praying or prophesying* Women must keep silent during church services ([[1 Corinthians 14:34]])* Paul's Ribinstructions to Timothy ([[1 Timothy 2:8]] - [[1 Timothy 2:15]])* Submission in Marriage ([[Ephesians 5:21]] - [[Ephesians 5:33]])