Women and men are equal in God's eyes, they just have different roles. The police chief of a city is the boss but his DCPI, Deputy Chief to the commissioner is his counselor even though he is under the police chief. They are equal but the roles are different. We have to stop thinking in terms of equal versus unequal or lesser and superior. No one is superior to anyone else, we each have a role we have been given and live within that role, it is not a lesser or superior matter, it's a role matter.
Also, there is no command for the leader to oppress or force the one who serves him, the choice to serve belongs to the server.
If there is mocking, demeaning, or intimidation then the leader doing this is defying God's Command to lead by the way they serve and to treat with respect to those under his charge.
The leader is to pay far more attention to the needs of those under him, that they might serve better by his loving example. No one wants to serve a selfish tyrant. Sometimes we have to but it is sin on the part of the tyrant.
1 Peter 3:7-8 "7 Husbands, in the same way, treat your wives with consideration as a delicate vessel, and with honor as fellow heirs of the gracious gift of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered. 8 Finally, all of you, be like-minded and sympathetic, love as brothers, be tenderhearted and humble.…"
Ephesians 5:25
"Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her."
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