Paul does indeed give the reason for women to not be in roles of spiritual authority over men in that Eve was deceived.
Now, that also makes me wonder, what role women play in Catholicism, especially in regards to nuns.
I take it then, that nuns CANNOT teach men anything or tell them anything, nor be in ANY position of authority over any man, if the same criteria were being applied to Catholic women as are being applied to FReeperettes.
Would that not be correct?
"I take it then, that nuns CANNOT teach men anything or tell them anything, nor be in ANY position of authority over any man..."
Incorrect. Nuns can certainly teach men. There are nuns who are seminary professors; officers of, e.g., the Catholic Theological Society of America (academic theologians), licentiates of Pontifical Institutes, and even Doctors of the Church,i.e. recognized as major contributors to Catholic thought, such as St. Catherine of Siena, St. Teresa of Avila, St. Therese of Lisieux, and St. Hildegard of Bingen.
As for positions of authority, women can hold what you might call "unordained" authority, but nor as members of a priestly hierarchy. For instance, a woman may be:
It ordinarily doesn't require you to be a nun, either.
That doesn't even mention the hundreds of eminent positions a Catholic woman have long held within Catholic institutions, not directly connected to the hierarchy: College or University President, Hospital/MedCenter CEO, Executive Director of a huge Church-related charity or mission outreach, etc. A Catholic woman doesn't require the OK of a man to become founder-director of a media empire -- Mother Angelica didn't need permission from the U.S. Bishops to launch the Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN)! As Dorothy Day said, "You don't need permission to perform the Works of Mercy."