EDIT: I have adjusted my thesis on this a bit after further discussion and analysis of Scripture with some here. Woman was deceived, but Scripture says sin came through one man (Adam), so I no longer view sin as fully woman's responsibility. See pages 6, 7, 8 of this thread for further explanation and context.
think of Christ, he was conceived by a virgin through the Holy Spirit (a woman). God chooses a woman to carry the incarnate and he does not choose a man. We know you need two essential ingredients to make a baby. Man's sperm and Woman's egg. Hypothetically the sperm of a man could have been used to form Christ in a hypothetical womb of the Holy Spirit but this combination didn't work. It's laughable but it not only doesn't work because this womb would corrupt Christ's humanity as he could not be said to endure the complete human experience but I believe the sperm of man would also corrupt Christ's divinity being developed from a sinful state.
Somehow with a woman, it's different. Christ's humanity is preserved enduring the complete human experience being carried to full term in the womb of a human but also I believe his divinity is preserved as well being untouched by the sin of man. It is the magic combination and woman somehow is more worthy than man to have this direct involvement.
so looking at these essential ingredients again which one is corrupted by sin? the sperm or the egg? Somehow the sin of Adam had a deeper impact and it might be to do with him taking the fruit not out of deception but from something else. Genesis simply says he was with Eve and she gave him some so he ate it... that's a pretty poor excuse and Adam fails not just in eating the fruit but also in his leadership and inability to resist. In the end, they were both at the tree together and the sin had already started in both of them, it doesn't matter who took the first bite.
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