[mountn man]

My first thought was to ask why they did't ask her to teach a class for women only. However, her lack of submission to the authority of those called by God to shepherd the church suggests a deeper issue. I applaud the pastor and church board for following the clear teaching of the Scriptures rather than political correctness.

Right on all accounts

[Cicero]

Thanks, your comment is suggestive.

You could still interpret it, perhaps, as meaning that if it comes to a conflict of authority, women should bow to the greater authority of an adult man, not that women should refrain from ever telling men anything.

I'm not sure it applies to male children, at least younger children. Historically, the age of reason was thought to begin at seven, and adulthood at 21 (or among the ancient Jews, even older). And I doubt it means that women should not, for instance, tell men facts that they may not be acquainted with, although they should refrain from arguing how to interpret such facts.

Jesus chose all men to be Apostles, and I think that is more than merely following historical custom, as the modernists claim, because He didn't hesitate to violate custom when it was appropriate to do so.

That, and the history of the Church, is the reason why the Catholic Church has spoken out against women priests. A priest is supposed to act in persona Christi. Some postmodernists pretend that sex doesn't matter, but sexual difference and procreation go back to the very beginning, as described in Genesis, and obviously they part of God's chosen and built-in pattern for His creation.