Melody, you are not alone in your thoughts.  I have been on a three year long journey delving into this very thing realizing that manmade doctrine has been oppressing women for centuries.  It was such a life-changing revelation that I am in the process of writing a book addressing that very thing!  God intends for women to serve and lead on a variety of capacities.  What is encouraging to me is that more and more women are being stirred up to the same realization that half the body of Christ are oppressed by male leadership that is stuck in old mindsets.  It is changing!  Be encouraged as you are going to begin seeing women released to freely lead and serve.  In fact, when revival hit Columbia,  the male pastors publicly apologized and asked forgiveness to a stadium of women for years of oppression and bad doctrine.