My point is that we have universalised the word “teaching” as if it refers to all kinds of Bible-based talks in church, when in Paul’s usage “teaching” is at least as specialised as “prophesying” (probably more so). On a personal note, I was led to the Christian faith by a woman—a woman preacher at that. However, once I came across 1 Timothy 2:12, I felt uncomfortable that my “mother” in the faith seemed to disregard, or explain away, what seemed to me to be the clear ruling of Paul (“I do not permit