Is Christianity misogynistic?

Black Writers in America (released 2005) introduced me to Ishmael Reed. One of the things he said that struck me was: that Christianity is misogynistic. Reed quoted the New Testament that instructed women to be submissive, and examples from the Old Testament that cited "legal" reasons. The first reaction I had was whether this is true.

When I think of Christianity, Chaengpi pops into my head. And what Chaengpi wrote recently -- about being outraged that his church nominated a Pentecostal woman as the head of the church's education department -- dismayed me. I don't pretend to know what Pentecostalism is about but why would that raise an objection? Furthermore, is he objecting to the fact that it's a woman?

Many pastors protest that the Bible immediately follows up the instruction with: men should love their wives. But this doesn't explain why the Bible doesn't instruct men to submit instead or that wives should love their husbands as they would love themselves.

The fact that Reed created a momentum where I'm feeling troubled and perplexed about what I've grown to know as "the religion," makes me wonder if I had an unrealistic and air-brushed conception of Christianity when in fact it's pretty fucked up. Some may laugh at my belated epiphany, but can't you see that I'm devastated? Reaffirming that nothing is sacred just eliminates another establishment that I can seek shelter from being weary.

Perhaps Reed is onto something when he said that true faith or religion is inside you. The peace that the world cannot give is the inner one. I really want to know what's out there that can help me deal.