or authority over any women. Except maybe my daughters. Well, not even the teenaged one judging by how she behaves.

Part of the problem is the words power and authority come with worldy baggage that should be shed if they are being applied in a gospel context. Church structure is not correctly understood if those connotations are seen in it.

It's a common case of using the same words to speak two different languages and then drawing conclusions based on the results.