How did Christianity change the status of women?
Christianity is called the greatest feminist movement ever to happen to the human race. It set women free from pagan cultures where women did all the work and child raising while men sat drinking. Christianity brought woman up to a place of respect and on an even keel with mankind, though that status has been abused.
Les teaches that Christianity was the greatest feminist movement ever to happen to the human race, and that it set women free. He contrasts ancient pagan cultures, where women planted crops, harvested, ground grain, washed clothes, and raised the children while men sat against huts drinking hooch, with Christianity, which changed all that. Christianity brought the woman up to a place of respect and on an even keel with mankind, though he notes that it has been abused. This freedom is part of the riches Paul talks about, as Christianity set people free from paganism, superstition, and fear.