Considering the head of the Church of England is a woman - Elizabeth Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (aka Windsor, R), calling herself Queen of England etc, it's quite farcical that this church - which should give a moral lead - has been allowed, and is still allowed, to discriminate against women, an act which is illegal in all other organisations. However all modern religions (although not all branches of them) seem to discriminate against women in various ways to a greater or lesser degree. This certainly does not seem to have been the case in religions of the ancient world.
I only hope that this is not what Jesus intended otherwise I'm tempted to join Richard Dawkins, Lord Azriel or the Society of Jaques Molay. I don't think we can use the Bible- especially the Old Testament - to justify this discrimination as you can always find a quotation to contradict the last quotation or one to justify anything.
Doc John