There are much more things that can be misunderstood and used for misogyny, , but this particular line of reasoning can only work to those who use the English language. The word used is 'Adam', which means 'humanity' or 'human', and is later used as the name for the man (with 'Eve' meaning life), but the word is not gendered at all. 
See my blog post here: http://bramboniusinenglish.wordpress.com/2012/02/03/masculine-christianity-is-a-privilege-of-the-english-speaking/