Suffer Not a Woman to Speak (R)

After reading “Suffer Not a Woman to Speak,” it is apparent that women were viewed somewhat as property to men and were also subservient to their husbands. I personally disagree with that viewpoint in addition to the belief that women are more susceptible to the devil, but it is obvious to see what spurred these beliefs when we look at religion and Common Law.
With most religions, some sort of bible is used as a point of reference on how to live your life according to it. For Christians, the belief that women are inherently sinners came from Eve having been the first to take a bite of the forbidden fruit in the Bible. This event was the basis for the way women were treated in the years before and following the American Revolution. As men interpreted the Bible, they saw Eve’s sinful act as meaning that all women were sinners by nature and should not be given any power. I think Eve committing sin shows that she is human and is capable of making mistakes, but it easy to see how men around the 1800’s could make a mistake in their interpretation of the incident.
As for Common law, it too treated women like property and second to men. For one, married women were seen as an extension of their husbands, but without having say in any situation. They also had no way of separating themselves from abusive or gambling husbands. All women did not even share the same rights; Single women were given more rights than those married given the fact that they basically had none. For instance, a business woman with her own property and money would not have a say in its use once she got married. Although equity courts eventually provided women with a way to legally gain possession of things such as money and real estate, the status of women was not altered since this only applied to the rich.
I do not understand why men and women were not considered equals when both Adam and Eve took bit the apple. Both made their own choice, and suffered the consequence. I think men are just as susceptible to sin women are but it makes sense that men felt they had to have control of women who have their own ideas and beliefs.