In Christ, all believers—male and female—are in the Lord and are alike under the Lord. In doing the Lord’s work, women are every bit as important as men are (and vice versa). But in terms of their gender roles and functions, like the Godhead, men and women are different. And God, for the sake of order, doesn’t want us to blur those lines. In first century Corinthian culture, the subordinate role of women in the home and church was symbolized by the wearing of a headdress. It's a principle that still stands today, biblically speaking, but looks different in practice, culturally speaking.