Thousands of Southern Baptists overwhelmingly voted Wednesday to advance a formal ban on women pastors in the nation’s largest Protestant denomination, sending a clear message that men alone should preach to these conservative evangelical congregations.
I never claimed all Bronze age societies were equally immoral. But the Bible teaches that women must stay silent in assemblies, unless permitted to speak (by the men)
Generally:
1 Timothy 2:11-12 (NIV): “A woman should learn in quietness and full submission. I do not permit a woman to teach or to assume authority over a man; she must be quiet.”
But particularly in church:
1 Corinthians 14:34-35: "Women should remain silent in the churches. They are not allowed to speak, but must be in submission, as the law says. (referring to old testament law)