It is part of the mistaken idea that mankind has to establish itself apart from God, or at best through making use of a relationship with God when it is convenient.
The honor that women get in this scenario is not a lesser honor, it is a different kind of honor. Men are not appointed to gestate babies or (usually) be the more nurturing influence in a family. Many of the attributes of God as expressed in biblical Hebrew appear in the feminine gender. I asked a rabbi once (though I am Christian now) why we never called God, “she” — and he was wise enough to remember this fact. When referring to the Creator, though when push comes to shove we call the Creator “He” — we see something that transcends the human idea of gender. Gender was needed because one sex was too limited a thing to be able to express the character of God. Imagine trying to do a piano and violin duet into which the composer poured his heart and soul, with only the piano, or only the violin.
Men and women are equal in God-given value and honor but not in their God-given roles and biblical ignorance/rejection allowing confusion of this difference has been Satan’s tool of destruction in our modern society.