Though Deborah temporarily functioned as a judge, women ordinarily did not hold the office of judge, priest, or king. In the new covenant, they are explicitly forbidden to hold church office, teach men, or spend inordinate time outside the home. The Scriptures granted only one family in one tribe the right to serve as priests. The election of judges, kings, deacons and elders was restricted to only particular men who meet certain requirements. The Scriptures not only allow - they demand many distinctions or functional inequalities among men and women.
Egalitarianism distorts the Bible's teaching, and the biblical order of human society.
It allows for no ontological or economic distinctions among men and eventually demands an unyielding equality of results. As seen above, no adult can be given any privilege another does not also have. Once the Biblical concept of ontological equality and covenantal subordination is lost, Jacobin egalitarianism easily follows, distorting and confusing human roles for society. Voting rights are one area where this has critical application. Suffrage, or the right to vote, naturally carries an implicit authority to rule.