I think the gender thing, which respect to women as lesser beings has been discussed in the Philo thread (which, by the way, has a few threads on what it is to be Pagan
). My view is that the bible does not discuss women as second class, only the "church" (of various flavors) has made it seem that way.
A contextual reading of the Bible (without a priest leading you by the hand) will turn up that women had a role to play just as much as men did. I haven't seen any place that specifically says "and the Lord said, Let women be mistreated and unable to have a productive, fruitful, happy life."
People attribute a lot of things to the Bible to justify things that they simply shouldn't have done. Again, contextually, it's just not there. Another example that's a "hot button" issue lately: homosexuality. There is no doubt it's wrong, according to the Bible, to practice homosexuality. Does that mean all Christians should hate homosexuals? No. Nor should they call names, or get physical, or scream that "Yer goin' straight to Hayle!!". That's unacceptable, from a biblical standpoint.
See, most Christians wanna thump the Bible when it comes to judging other people and their actions, but try to use the Bible and tell them that it's not their place to judge people, and you really see what they're made of. LOL Makes me laugh just to think about it.
I'm rambling. The point I was trying to make was: Yes, Biblicly, God, the Son and the Holy Ghost are male influences, but that doesn't mean women are less valued.
*ducks, waiting for the shit storm*