Yeah,there are some bizarre stories in there. I think they all sound a little similar to Sodom and Gomorrah, but this is another time period with slightly different story line. At the outset of the book of Judges, I had the voice of my 4 year old niece in my head when she asked me who Noah's wife was. So I was more aware of roles of men and women. I was surprised how many women protagonists and antagonists there were. It doesn't seem like God favored one or the other really. Both sexes had the ability to be honorable and reap rewards. In the worse situations, men just get slaughtered and women get married off or raped. I think I would prefer being slaughtered. I'm know for livestock, the males all get slaughtered after a year of growth, except for a chosen few which become bulls. they are chosen for good genetics and tractability. Not too docile (no lazy bulls, 40 cows!) but not too mean either with the calves or the humans. I'm sipping coffee thinking if I probably should have been slaughtered a while ago But this modern hedonistic life goes on.