There is no patriarchy or matriarchy in the garden; the two supervise each other. Adam is given no arbitrary power; Eve is to heed him only insofar as he obeys their Father--and who decides that? She must keep check on him as much as he does on her. It is, if you will, a system of checks and balances in which each party is as distinct and independent in its sphere as are the departments of government under the Constitution--and just as dependent on each other.
Hugh NibleyThe tragedy of the Book of Mormon is not what became of the Nephites but what the Nephites became.
Hugh NibleyEvery way of life produces its own environment and in turn is influenced by that environment.
Hugh Nibley