In fact, the story really starts in eternity, before time began. Throughout history this fact is most evident. Women have always been oppressed, being treated as no more than slaves in most cultures. The women's liberation movement was first echoed in the pages of the Bible, especially in the New Testament where women are shown to have dignity, self-esteem and great value to the community. Christian liberation of women does not turn them into unisex individuals, but enables them to fulfill their potential as beautiful people loved of God.
Seed refers to offspring, children.
He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. The Bible makes it clear that what we call the unsaved, the non-Christians, are Satan's seed who have Satan's nature in them. The Old Testament contains record after record of attempts by Satan's seed to destroy God's righteous line and thus prevent Christmas ever happening. First Cain killed Abel, and when Seth was born to continue the righteous line, the attack became intense until only Noah was left. And so the attack intensified.