A simple God question if I may.

[Rhondazvous]

It is the origin story of an intensely patriarchal society. By making Eve out of a part of Adam, she – and by extension– all women are inherently subservient to men. Had God created Eve from dust the way he did Adam, women might be able to make the case that they were equal to men and deserved equal ...whaddya call 'em...rights.

Boru

This is the reason the councils who put the bible together in the fourth century (somebody may want to start a thread about why god waited four fucking centuries to tell his pricking people which of the hundreds of manuscripts in circulation were inspired by him) decided to leave out the story of Lilith.

But there is another way to interpret the Adam and Eve story. The rib is symbolic in three ways that are more realistic than what they've come to mean.

1. Making Eve from a part of Adam signifies the oneness of men and women. We're not separate species (even if at times you may wonder) but are to be loved as you would love your own body.

2. The rib is located at your side, which is where we are to walk with you. A truly subservient symbol would have been taken from your foot.

3. The purpose of the rib is to protect your heart and lungs. In this patriarchal society we haven't really been able to carry out that role. Like any endoskeletal species that evolves without ribs the heart and lungs of men is in constant peril.