This scripture is a smackdown to arrogant men who stray too far from teachings. To be upfront, I do think that religious people are at times, both anti-male and anti-female. Many, many religious people assume that men are the only ones who can commit grave sin while women are always pure and innocent. I know this firsthand growing up orthodox Catholic. We had it drilled into us that men are always sexual predators who will do nothing but force you to have sex. Women have no sex drive and exist only to fight off mens advances and have babies. If a couple has premarital sex it's aways the fault of the man. What garbage.
If you think women are always pure and innocent then you are, in fact, anti-women. Original sin doesn't skip genders.
But scripture is what it is and this one can be only be read as a situation where the men screwed up. Apparently they did something that caused their wives and children great pain and God is unhappy with them. God lays the smack down because of it. This could be read as a warning for men to be careful on how they treat women and children-and they should. But in reality, women should also be careful how they treat men and children. Both genders should have the ability to engage in self critique because it truly is the only way you grow.
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