Bible critiques have often shown that God is a sexist.
They often quote passages from the new testament to make this point.
To be fair, the passages that are often quoted stating the status of women are the sum basis of the prevailing perceptions at that time about women. This is not God's take about women.
The quoted passages need to be taken with the same erudition as when Paul talks about slaves; he is not asserting that slaves is a biblical principle but rather if the existing culture was such of slave and master he was remarking on the rules of engagement in such a case.
What then should be the official stance or is there no safe stance that can be conceded. I think if we look for what God himself quotes, we would appreciate the essence of the God:
"God is not a respecter of persons."
This quote and its essential form has been repeated 8 time in the entire Bible.
Reckon that the essence of what is being said is God does not hold a prejudice on the basis of sex, social standing, caste or are any such strata. God treats everybody the same and looks at everybody in similar light, God does not play favourites.
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