Okay I'll post something serious.
Her assumption that the Bible is a 'rule' book is all wrong and she should (or could) be challenged on that basis alone. Tell her that the Bible is a redemptive book; all about our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ and His redemption of lost sinners like you (and me). And Christ died, not only to save us from our sins, but also to redeem our relationships too! Yes sinful men and women need to be saved from themselves so that their sinful tendencies to dominate one another are burned away like dross by the love of God that is poured out through His Spirit (Romans 5:5)
Furthermore Eve was a helper; not a slave or a tool. The role of women is not inferior but she is also called to obey and serve the Lord as much as the man. Indeed she and Adam were both made in the image of God and thus are equal. (Genesis 1:26-27)
And though the man is the head, in the home and in the church (with reference to the offices) he must too submit to Christ and love Him and thus love His wife.
In essence she needs to hear the good news of Christ which gives us freedom to declare that in Him there is no Jew or Greek, male or female... (Galatians 3:28) There is no greater liberty than what Christ gives. She is still dead in sins and trespasses; she is still a slave though she thinks she is free.
Calvin
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consciences obey the law, not as if compelled by legal necessity; but being free from the yoke of the law itself, voluntarily obey the will of God. Being constantly in terror so long as they are under the dominion of the law, they are never disposed promptly to obey God, unless they have previously obtained this liberty.
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Institutes 3.9.4.