This is were I am going to shove down the throats of Christians the same things they try to shove throats of others. Mainly in regards to the old testament an it's effect on Christian morality standards.
When someone like me tries to point to the old testament uselessness in current morality only to be it given the old "it is a template for Christian morality" line. The old testament was very unkind to women. Where in any part of the teachings of Jesus did he set a clear change from that template found in the old testament that women were to be treated equally with men.
Jesus also never showed any consideration for any women to be his direct apostles, despite three good candidates recorded in the gospels.
In fact Paul said in 1st Corinthians, one of the few books that are attributed to him that are really his; said that women should remain silent in church, and the husband should teach them at home. Also, in recent history women were not treated well much less equal by Christians. Which used the bible to cement their viewpoint on their treatment of women, and they were only made treat women better by outside secular forces.
So what makes you think that the were treated any better in the early years of christendom, especially seeing as anything coming from that time period in regards to christianity is very dubious at best.