WHAT IS FEMININITY?

Femininity is constructed on a male model, making woman a special case of man, a product of his desire. A woman made from the body of a man linking both of them with the same nature, the desire of belonging one another and become one. This signified her as sharing equally in the image of GOD and from that SOURCE comes all human dignity which differentiates humans from the rest of the animal kingdom. In this sense, her identity was directly derived from GOD.
As "Woman", this femininity is the one created out of Man and formed for the purpose of being "a helper suitable for Him. In this sense, her identity was directly derived from Man, but not itself convey subordination. The personification of "Help" is used even of GOD elsewhere in the Scripture.
God's intention in her creation was that she complement Man in the role and purpose that GOD had for them.
GENESIS 1:26-31   Then GOD said, "And now we will made Human Beings; they will BE LIKE US and RESEMBLE US." They will HAVE POWER OVER the FISH, the BIRDS, and all ANIMALS, domestic and wild, large and small. So GOD CREATED HUMANS BEINGS, making them TO BE LIKE HIMSELF. He created them MALE and FEMALE, blessed them, and said, "Have many children, so that YOUR DESCENDANTS WILL LIVE ALL OVER THE EARTH and BRING IT UNDER their CONTROL. I AM PUTTING YOU IN CHARGE of the fish, the birds, and all the wild animals. I have PROVIDED all kinds of GRAIN and all kinds of FRUIT for YOU to EAT, but for all the WILD ANIMALS and for all BIRDS I have PROVIDED GRASS and LEAFY PLANTS for FOOD."
The dual derivative character of "Woman's identity" -image of GOD and taking out of Man- provides the basis of self-understanding for all women. Rather than be a servant to Man, she was to share in a mutuality with him. She was in the image of GOD and a co-recipient of the mandate to fill the Earth and subdue it.
The absence of the woman separated from the body of man when he was placed in the Garden that GOD planted in Eden, in the East, to cultivate and guard it, brought forth a declaration from GOD of "not good." When she was presented to man, he sang forth the first hymn found in Scripture , extolling her and  naming her "Woman." He saw in her an identical-yet-opposite mirror : he realized that she was a full bearer of the Divine Image and that he lacked what only she could provide. In this respect, man's identity  was derived from his woman.
There was a strongly implied hierarchy in the relationship between man and woman, and Satan chose to tempt the woman in order to subvert  this structure. In succumbing to Satan's deception, the woman took upon herself the determinative role in good and evil. Human autonomy began here  in the complementary realms of Truth and Morals. In an effort to vindicate herself, she gained man's participation in the rebellion. The portrayal of the woman here as susceptible to temptation establishes one dimension of her character in Scripture , but this dimension  must be seen in the context of her full characterization.
Man was placed as the first human to walk in the dimension of the Earth. His name Adam, in Hebrew, is a derivative of the word for earth "Adama." Adam may be seen as primarily at fault in the act of disobedience. Not only he was placed as a general representative Head over Creation, but it was his specific task to "keep and guard" the Garden. Adam was to guard the holy Garden of God from the presence of evil and/or unclean intrusions. The presence of the satanic serpent in the Garden was a direct indication of Adam's failure in this regard.
Eve shared fully in the shame of this rebellion, sensing with Adam the fracture of what was once their sufficient covering -the Glory/ Spirit/ Image of GOD. Eve's burden  from the Fall also included the distortion of her natural desires becoming disproportionate or distorted. Also the same could be said for the man's ruling over her. The marital hierarchy was somehow warped.
The preservation of Eve  as the source of life in not limited, however, merely to the flesh. The curse upon the Serpent included the promise  that a seed of the woman would bruise  the serpent's head while the seed of the serpent would bruise his heel.
The New Testament makes two explicit references to Eve. In 2 Cor. 11:3 Paul cited the Serpent's deception  of Eve as a warning of what a false teacher might do to the Christian Church. The point of the analogy is the craftiness of the Serpent compared with the false wisdom of someone who preach a different Gospel than the one Paul declares to them. If the temptation  of the Church is to follow a false Gospel then it is analogous to a marital infidelity, so Eve's temptation might be seen that way. This connects to a broad  and frequent  Old Testament analogy which depicts idolatry as an act of marital infidelity toward GOD.
So a husband's responsibility toward his wife  is to set her apart as the exclusive object of his love.