Let's suppose that Paul the Apostle didn't like women all that much. Not saying he was misogynistic, because

that would be adding to Scripture - and don't wanna go there.  This post is just a thought experiment - nothing more, nothing less.  While it would be easy enough to accuse Paul of looking down his nose at women...after all, any Bible basher could look at 1 Timothy 2:11-12, and have a melt down.  The passage reads, "Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.  But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence."  Pretty harsh.  But wait, there's a second witness.  1 Corinthians 14:34, "Let your women keep silence in the churches ; for it is not permitted unto them to speak ; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law."

First off, Paul's letters to the churches, which are in the Bible, are inspired by the Holy Spirit.  But guess what, before launching into a hissy fit - there's plenty of his other writings which he basically tells the men to work with their hands and mind their own business.   Paul had been a pharisee, and not only was he so well read in the Old Testament, you could hand him a scroll - of one of the more obscure portions, and asked him to find, one of the more obscure verses ; well, like any top-notch pharisee, he'd unwind the scroll, and like in a few seconds, point to and read out that passage.  Heard it said, in a sermon, that by about 20, Paul had the equivalency of TWO doctorates.  He also was well read in greek and roman writings; when he was speaking to the greeks, he said something about "your own poets..."  Yeah, such a scholarly storehouse, could make anyone's head too big for his cap.

Anyway, not saying he had a misog-streak, but Paul sure did have an education far above most men, and certainly above almost all women.  He loved being single, not having a wife and children to keep this man from going his (Lord's) own way - i.e., the only mgtow that's worth a hoot; overwhelmingly, most the others are headed out to the Lake...uhm, yikes, not one where folks go fishing and canoeing.

If he did have that streak, am i better?  Because, well, i don't trust men very much, and also have issues with what the Lord expects from women.  But, ya know what?  The Lord's absolutely right, and i'm an idiot.