I wouldn't say that we Prots, taken as a whole, "put down" Mary. We're well aware God didn't draw her name out of a hat but selected her for very good reason. I for one would certainly second your idea of teaching more about her to youth of both sexes. Where most of us too often disobey, she obeyed. Where most of us spend a lot of time off the straight and narrow, she held the course.
Well put down maybe isn't the correct phrase, but Mary is kind of ignored.
I know young women today are trying to finish college, while working a full time career and then going home to their spouse and doing all the chores, except for one couple where I know the husband does the dishes as far as inside chores.
With this couple, his mother did everything for him, laundry et al into his young 20's until he finally moved out. So now he expects the woman in his life to be like his Mom, doing all the chores, BUT he wants a women with an exceptional career too!
Those seem like very difficult standards to fulfill. And if I had had a son, I wouldn't be doing his laundry up until his early 20's. I'd make my son do his own laundry by the time he reached 13. If he doesn't want clean clothes, that's his problem.
Even parents of today expect the young girls to have an exceptional career to help take care of their son, but expect the girl also to do all the cleaning work to take good care of their son. The parents scrutinize both in a woman.
I don't think these type of relationships will last long because I know some of these young women are depressed and suffering from panic attacks from all the pressure and over work. And being admitted to the hospital because of rapid heart beat and these are women I know. Neither has a heart condition; it was anxiety. This is not good.
There just is too much expectation put on young women and it's not logically based.
I know a young couple who wants to get married, but I feel like I see failure setting up because of all the examples put above.
Men take a wife, but don't expect her to be like your "Mommy" and do everything for you.
I know some men are getting a clue, but not enough.
And parents need to teach their sons how to do cook and clean, etc. If they don't, I think or rather I believe I know, the divorce cycle will just continue.
After women's lib, I never got liberated to anything. And I don't see what women's lib is doing to benefit the next generation of women if parents don't teach their boys equal household chores in their youth.