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Originally Posted by Alaik
I suppose that depends on your definition. What I'm referring to here, and I hope it's what GarmGarf is referring to, is ascribing a certain value based upon gender. That's why I'm clarifying that there is no (or should not be, based upon scripture) value placement in most Fundamental Christian circles when it comes to marriage. The Bible doesn't say " The man is of higher value than the woman". Instead, it states functions, and I don't think function always indicates value.
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It's still, literally, saying that a woman's place is in the home, no matter what she may feel about that.
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Think of a sports team, football for example. Is the quarterback more important than the linebacker? No, but the quarterback is traditionally assigned the position of leadership within the team, not because he is more valuable than the linebacker, but because he has characteristics that qualify him to be in that position of leadership.
Excuse my quaint illustration  , but I think it relates well to the family. There are different functions, however the husband and the wife are equal.
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But why have any limits imposed on the functions? Doing so is an inherent value judgment, it is saying that women aren't good at leadership, that they aren't good at working that, in fact, the only thing they are good at is child-raising and cleaning.
Clearly that is sexist.