I particularly like your term "pre-Easter religious patriarchy," which is where they are at. I don't believe God gives any churchmen authority; rather they usurp it. But God is with us all -- Immanuel.

Luis, the chauvinist prelates "eat and drink without discerning the Body," and they fail to "make everyone equally welcome" (see 1Corinthians 11:29&33 TNIV). They fail to discern that the 'Body of Christ' is One, despite the different qualities of individuals such as gender. Paul says they eat and drink judgement on themselves, and says be "more discerning with regard to OURSELVES" (11:31). They harm themselves and others, but they do not and cannot harm the 'Body of Christ' of which all are members, because IT is a glorious risen body and therefore not perishable. Discerning the Body (per 1Co 11) is far more important than adhering to chauvinistic rituals and chauvinistic structures.

Of course, if the Body is only a transubstantiated wafer, then no problem.