I don't think of the Bible

From 1 Timothy 2:12: "I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather she is to remain silent."

The Bible is often cited as the source of male chauvinism, but it might be more accurate to think of the Bible as an expression of something deeper, something already there.  When I see the reactions of forced-birth Republicans after a ten-year-old girl is raped and made pregnant, I don't think of the Bible. I think of lizards. These people have the empathy of lizards. It's a minority point of view but not a small minority. Some lizards own media platforms.