Emphasis mine.
In another book Paul makes it very clear that when he says "I" he does not mean "The Lord."
My personal belief, and I am not an M. Div., is that Paul had this rule in Ephasus because of discipline problems he encountered there. Ephasus was a center of Diana worship. It is not inconceivable that women converts were having trouble accepting their new lowered status as equals to the men in the Church and Paul found this approach important for discipline.
I will not hold people who disagree with this interpretation as unChristian. I have heard their arguments and find them (both men and women) to be thoughtful and based on their notion of Biblical fidelity.
Shalom.
Oh and Paul did NOT like girls,
Uh huh, nope...
Bad....and sex was bad because women made you want to have it with THEM!
He's the original Grumpy Old Man if you ask me. I know I would have slapped him silly.
(yes, he's my LEAST favorite writer in the Bible).