You wrote:
“God’s plan for salvation of the world required the CONSENT of a human?”
The world was damned by the first woman (and yes, the first man’s) consent to disobedience to God.
Why wouldn’t the world’s redemption include a woman’s obedience to God?
As St. Irenaeus of Lyons (130-202 A.D.) wrote:
“Mary the Virgin is found to be obedient, saying: “Behold, O Lord, your handmaid; be it done to me according to your word” [Luke 1:38] Eve, however, was disobedient. . . . Thus, the knot of Eve’s disobedience was loosed by the obedience of Mary. What the virgin Eve bound in unbelief, the Virgin Mary loosed through faith.”
Obedience and consent are different concepts.
Obedience recognizes God’s will as ultimate.
Consent indicates that my decision is the choice with power.