The relationship between men and women is deep and nuanced, and one entire book of the Writings -- Conjugial Love -- is devoted to the subject. So we can hardly offer a full explanation here. In a very general sense, though, the Writings say that men are creatures of intellect, driven by the love of growing wise; women, meanwhile are creations of affection, driven by the love of wisdom and the good that wisdom can do. They are formed this way to reflect the Lord's Divine Love and Divine Wisdom, and so that they can form marriages that reflect the unity of Divine Love and Divine Wisdom. Marking differences between men and women can be a touchy thing, but realistically it's easy to see that men tend to love acquiring knowledge whether it has any practical application or not. Many of them can spout out sports statistics or hold court on the workings of the internal combustion engine, even though it is knowledge they are not likely to ever use. They find such knowledge interesting for its own sake. It follows, then, that when the Bible speaks of men, the men represent facts, ideas, knowledge, truth, intellect and wisdom -- or in the negative sense falsity, twisted logic, and reasoning that is devoid of concern for others.

210. Internal Meaning of Obadiah, Chapter 1

Of those who are in self-intelligence and pervert the sense of the letter of the word; these are Edom. (2)

1-3 They must be combated, because they believe themselves to be more intelligent than others. (2)

4-5 They defend falsities by natural light, but they will perish, and with them, the falsities themselves. (2)

6 They have pride. (2, 2)

7 They have no truths. (2)

8-9 They will perish on the day of judgment, because they have oppressed the church. (15, 3)

10-14 They destroy the church still further, and this is their delight. (3)

15-16 Destruction will come upon them on the day of judgment. (15)

17 A new church will come into existence (11)

18 in place of the former church, which is condemned. (11, 3)

19-21 The new church will be in the understanding of truth, and those that are in it will be saved. (11)