As an elder, I recall that the husband always had to be present on any judicial committee meeting involving his wife, but that the wife was not to be present on judicial committee meetings involving her husband. Has this changed? If not, isn't that treating women as lesser persons than their husbands?
Also, male regular pioneers were always listed as "John Smith." And if he had a wife, she was listed as "Mrs. John Smith," not even using her own name, as if she were her husband's property. Even if she were single, she had to use the "Miss" courtesy title, an old custom that many women no longer use.
Are these customs Bible-based? Based on ancient tradition when biases against women were extreme? Or are they just something the Governing Body uses to keep women submissive?