Note: I'm the other side of the aforementioned PM conversation.
http://members.shaw.ca/tfrisen/Bbl/Sexism/Sexism.html
So the bible teaches that men are superior to women, and has some really unusual rules like women being unclean for specific numbers of days after giving birth (much longer if it is a female child than a male child.)
Okay, so, if you, as a Christian follow rules like homosexuality is a sin, etc, do you also subscribe to the quotes therein, and how does that play out for you in day to day life, relationships, etc?
No. Some of those are also what I think of as superficially/trying-too-hard issues as well, especially Job 25:4 and Deuteronomy 22:5.
The first is not anything to do with women. It's a common idiom to refer to all people. The second is, beyond the fact that Gentile Christians don't have to follow it, incredibly subjective. Pants don't pertain specifically to men in my opinion, nor skirts to women (see: kilts).
Then there are all the quotes from the Epistles. The interesting thing here is that almost half of all the quotes in that list are from Paul, who was a bigot of the highest degree (he hunted Christians before his conversion), and almost all of the quotes from the Epistles. That means that I tend to take a lot of his writing with a grain of salt, or several; he was just a man,
not God, which means that even divinely inspired writing would be prone to his interpretation and bigotry.
Then there are the quotes from the Law of the Prophets; anything from Leviticus or Deuteronomy that does not pertain to sex, blood, or eating the flesh of sacrificed animals. Those are ignored as per Acts 15:22 and on.
The quotes regarding women dressing nicely (1 Peter 3:3, 1 Timothy 2:9) are also not read the way I do; following the teachings of Christ is a better adornment than physical ones. There is also some stuff I can;t remember perfectly about being distinct from several cults at the time that had high priestesses that dressed seductively and did other generally inappropriate things.
Also, I believe the Bible was divinely
inspired. God didn't manifest in Paul's cell and dictate what he should write; and so on.
I hope that answers your question.