Judaism was exclusively male controlled, so we can see the Pre-Constantinian church as an elevation of the status of women.
The classic anti-woman proof text is 1 Corinthians 14:34-35. “It is shameful for a woman to speak in church.”
It is a classic case of lack of context. All of 1c14:26-40 is about orderly worship vs. disorderly worship.
1) Women are in the church with their husbands. Very inclusive compared to Jewish worship.
2) Paul’s preaching that husbands should teach the women at home and that women should ask their husbands to explain ‘everything’. Again, different and more inclusive than in Jewish households.
3) My interpretation of this women were disrupting the worship service by asking questions, etc. Paul wanted the women taught at home.
4) Acts 2:17-18 declares women shall prophecy, so the arc of feminine inclusion is explicit. Paul’s epistle was a commentary on the state of how he personally conducted worship at that time, and not a doctrinal truism.