Gregg,
I have always thought of Eve in a different way and that like the patriarchal idea, it makes the woman the victim even if this happened this way, it did not, or it never happened. It is easy to say lets blame Eve especially if people see women inferior to men. I heard just the other day someone sharing a disturbing post where someone was saying that since a rib from Adam was how women were made that women should be inferior. As you and I both know there are more than one creation story. There are many times in modern history that biblical literalists will justify things due to scripture without understanding or looking into the context.
Peace,
Calvin