Hold it, though, let's not be a white knight. Eve was responsible for the fall, as the apostle Paul wrote, that it was Eve, not Adam, who was deceived. The fact is, that women are by nature Lawless, manipulative, selfish, demanding and cruel, much more closer to Satan than God - if they aren't taught righteousness and Godliness from the age of a little girl. The women who are taught to be Godly from youth obviously are not like this.
Why? That's exactly what Christ did.
Adam was the first Christ; Eve was symbolic of the church. She was deceived; deception leds to sin, but atonement can be made for this. The test was on Adam whether or not he would obey. He knew exactly what he was doing when he took of the fruit. If he didn't know the fruit came from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil then he would have been deceived and she would have sinned, but that's not the condemnation which God gave them. It specifically says Eve was deceived and Adam sinned.
Adam, had he rejected the fruit, could have made atonement for his wife for taking the fruit. The way Christ, who rejected Satan's temptations and was willing to die for his bride, has made atonement for us. Christ came in as a white knight for the church. We didn't deserve it, but because He loved us, that's what He did.
The test was on Adam whether or not He would be willing to sacrifice himself for his wife; if he was willing to mediate for his wife, which God gives husbands the power to do. When Rebekah hadn't conceived Isaac prayed for his wife and God heard him, then she had Jacob and Esau. If a woman makes a vow and her husband or father hears of it, if he disagrees, he can annul her vow before God and she will be blameless.
So, no, you're wrong. The fall is pinned ultimately on Satan, but pushing him aside, the fall is on Adam because Eve's 'sin' was from deception not outright rebellion. She could have been atoned for. Adam had to be tested just as Christ was tested in the wilderness. The serpent being subtle, did this through Eve. And Adam failed.
The problem in this world is that the men have continued to behave like Adam and blame Eve, "The woman YOU gave me." Adam blamed both Eve and God for his sin rather than taking personal responsiblity. And Adam-like men are still blaming Eve and still blaming God and are still refusing personal responsibility where they have sinned and failed. If men behave like Christ, then you will indeed have a woman who is like the bride of Christ.
Men are just as lawless, selfish, demanding and cruel. Women excel in manipulation, I'll give them that, but that's because they are the fairer sex and aren't about to throw punches the way men do. It's a different type of warfare. Men do more by raping and killing and pillaging and wife-beating.
My defense of Eve stands. If you want a godly woman, then be like Christ. Women are the way they are because of how men have treated her. And the flaws in women won't change until the men change. They need our leadership and where that leaderships fails, they'll go their own way and I really can't blame them.
I will white knight the ladies.
