Ken,
I don't see what you are getting at.
She ate, she gave some to her husband, he ate...and that was when GOD opened their eyes...together...
And both were found to be guilty...together.
You initially implied that her guilt was first and then her husband...
But together, their eyes were opened and together they saw their nakedness.
That they were, apart from GOD, flesh...
They were both guilty but Eve did not have dominion over creation, Adam did. Look, our culture, especially in the last 40 years, has become increasingly anti-male. Now, I am not suggesting that Adam ruled Eve or any nonsense like that, she was taken out of his "side" not his butt (which could be viewed as her being less) nor his head (which could be viewed as her being more) but his SIDE.. which makes them equals. A man and woman should complete each other. HOWEVER, God has set up a structure that when followed, works AND gives us a picture of our relationship to messiah.
So, we have a man and woman but when it comes to the head of the house, God placed man above woman for that "job." It is an OFFICE or job, not an excuse to be your typical non-God fearing American male when it comes to how he might view a woman.
God is the head of Christ... Christ is the head of man... man is the head of woman. That isn't me saying that, that is word for word from the Holy Spirit through Paul. Adam was the head of his house... the commandment not to eat did NOT go from God to Eve, it went from God to Adam and from Adam to Eve. So when Eve ate she sinned (against God) but went directly against Adam's word and indirectly (since Adam's word came from God) against God. But Adam, when he ate, went directly against God's word. That is why Eve didn't know she was naked when she ate and had Adam not eaten... we don't know what would have happened but we do know that Adam would not have lost that special sight... and his connection to God, had he not eaten. But when he did... when he did NOT when she did... they BOTH lost that special sight and knew they were naked. Why when he did? Because he was the head of the house...and he is who had the dominion over creation.
God does not change.... we do. We can't read Scripture from a 21st century Western mindset in English only and think we are going to understand all the cultural nuances and abstract linguistic uses of writings that come to us... inspired by God... but also through an ancient near east paradigm. The writers were Hebrew, starting over 1900 years ago and progressing older... and "studying to show ourselves approved" has to mean looking outside our current modern paradigm and seeing through the eyes of the Hebrews who penned the books we hold dear.