Disobedience
In the time to come, Eve would be reviled. Her disobedience, so it was claimed, the root of all Sin - the origin of Death itself. What power this one woman had! What an achievement - to invent Death against the wishes of an ever-loving god! So, Eve's sin would justify the abuse of women thereafter. As she succumbed to temptation, so would her daughters. As she led man astray, so would all women who followed. Henceforth, all women would be punished for the sake of Eve. All must be ruled and restrained, kept close by their lords and masters. For females are the devil's gateway. Evil and duplicitous, gullible, untrustworthy.
To me, her one act of disobedience was her saving grace. Not sin, but wisdom and consciousness were her gifts to mankind.
