And again, blame shifting.
It’s all women’s fault.....
Adam was with Eve when she ate.
She did not do that all alone.
Why didn’t Adam stop her?
And yes, if men were the head of the family as GOD intended, things would be a lot different. Likewise if women responded to that godly leadership as Scripture states, things would be a lot different. BOTH parties are to blame. It’s not just the fault of one or the other.
But these misogynist fest threads do NOTHING to rectify the situation.
In Genesis 3:1, the serpent says:
“אַף כִּי אָמַר אֱלֹהִים לֹא תֹאכְלִי”I.e., “Has God indeed said, you (fem. sg.) shall not eat…?”
The form תֹאכְלִי (“you shall eat”) is unmistakably feminine singular.
The Serpent seduces Eve only - Adam is not being addressed. The verb form makes that unambiguous! We can therefore rightly infer that he is not present. Also: Because he - who was already pre-eminent to Eve, even if not yet the "head" / "ruler" over Eve (that came only after the Fall) - would have certainly interceded, rather than stood by dumbly as the Serpent beguiled Eve.
So Adam was not present. So Eve must have subsequently gone to Adam (who had not been privy to the Serpent's seduction) and independently seduced / beguiled / tempted / enticed Adam.
But let me emphasize: This faith-based discussion is a digression, because we should instead be assigning blame and developing a rationale (a solution) that can be accepted by the American public at large - a great many of whom would resist any conclusions we drew or findings we arrived at based on Theology.
In other words: I would rather stick to the secular arguments, since they would be more robust / more-widely accepted. They won't help us solve the real-world problem because most Americans won't accept theological premises (based, e.g., on the personal pronouns of Ancient Hebrew).
Regards,