Suzannah, I use "his" as a historical reference simply because Scripture indicates it as such.  Yet, it seems like you want to pick a fight for my raising the question among men.  I do not wish to return that favor because I recognize I do not sit in your shoes.  I do not know the oppression you have felt.  That is part of the problem.  Yet to condemn me for raising the question seems a little unfair.

And to my own credit I wrote a book that included a very deep reference the the original image of God as inclusive to men AND women.   I never stated men and women weren't equal.  Our equality resides in our dignity, not our gender.  My point was and is that our reflection of the image of God always must include both.