Disingenuous of you, Hope.
No, not disingenuous, SK, just using the same means of debate as many others here who seem to have evidence placed in front of them day after day. This particular passage has been alluded to several times on various threads over the months, but rarely a reference actually provided. At least you seem to see the relavance of citations.
A woman should learn in quietness and full submission. I do not permit a woman to teach or to assume authority over a man; she must be quiet. For Adam was formed first, then Eve. And Adam was not the one deceived; it was the woman who was deceived and became a sinner. But women will be saved through childbearing—if they continue in faith, love and holiness with propriety.
1 Timothy 2:11-15
OK, what does the passage mean? If we take the whole section that starts in verse 9 (not jumping in halfway through, as you have done), there are a number of points to be considered. This section follows immediately after a section dealing with 'public worship' and it makes sense to read this section at least partially in that context. It is clear from both that previous section, and historical account that women's status in the early church was a great deal freer than had been the case prior to the appearance of Christianity. The suggestion is that some women were taking advantage of that in terms of the way they dressed - which the passage implies was extravagantly. This was because the writer was more interested in their character shining out than their appearance doing the shining. In a way, a lot of Floo's posts actually reiterate this underlying trait - be it for men or women.
As regards the centepiece of the passage as far as you are concerned - the bit about childbirth - there are a number of explanations that have done the rounds over the centuries. One is your very literal, word-for-word explanation (an approach that is relatively alien to Jewish thinking and therefore comes low on any list); another is that Paul was simply highlighting the fact that pain in childbirth is the result of the Fall that was recorded - even if only as a theological exercise - in Genesis (after all, is it likely that the stretching that childbirth involves could NOT be painful); another that has done the rounds is that it is through Christ that salvation comes to women - not through men. A fourth is that, since this whole section has had an emphasis on women, the role of men in a woman's salvation is pretty minimal - and if anything, a number of other passages suggest that believing women have a very important role insofar as their belief in Christ's saving grace is imputed to their menfolk. As I say, there are a number of explanations for that passage, and the literal one is a contextually and culturally poor one.
