Questions for Proverbs

I have thumbed through these pocket Bibles before but never truly read the passages. I sat down this morning and read the entire book of Proverbs. I found some passages to be truly insightful. But have concerns about the portrail of women in this book. I have not read The Bible in full, and am wondering why it is that I felt shameful for my gender after reading Proverbs? Are women considered too be the creators of sin? Is woman less than man in the eyes of the Lord, as well as all Christians? And am I right in saying that the book is God speaking directly to man and not woman? For nowhere did I find the words 'my daughter' in this book, and yet "my son" is used multiple times thought out its entirety. Aren't we all supposed to be equals in the eyes of God?

know I have done wrong in my life, but am I supposed to learn from The Bible that this was simply my fate, because I am a daughter of Eve? And you know what, I don't even know if I truly believe in this kind of gibberish. I guess I shouldn't call it gibberish, but sometimes that what i think of religious literature. People spouting off about this and that, and right vs wrong, and the fear that we all need to live with, and the acceptance that we all sinners and lambs that only know how to follow the paths of the lord or the devil.

Why must we live in fear, if love is supposed to fill our hearts? It seems a bit contradictory to preach love but instill fear