The point was to establish a narrative that women are 2nd, of men, created by men and God giving them life. While men are obviously superior and created by God, also male (usually a substitute word for patriarch or ruler, even pastors are "God" locally within their group).

The point was to enslave women. The entire point of Abrahamic religions were to enslave people, breed them, and cull the males especially via warfare. That's why Rome liked it so much and that's what the Catholic Church and Abrahamic religions export in exchange for tax free tithes - brainwashing.

Thing is, no man is going to be cool with his mom as a slave, unless he has been coached into belief sets like:

-women are inferior

-women don't create life, "God" does

-it is good to sacrifice your child's life to God, because God made it

-it is good to sacrifice your life to work, because God wants us to

-It is bad to not have children or waste semen, because God creates life and wants you to have kids

Gee, and since "God" is a substitute word for the most powerful man in a person's sphere (made in God's image, after all), you can see exactly why these horrible religions infected poor people just trying to survive, enforcing authoritarianism while slow dripping actually mentally helpful and prosocial advice that was likely the original basis for the religion. Hard to know since Catholic Church hides many of the original texts.