Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Corinthians 11:9

9 Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man .

We have this expounded, Gen. 2.18. where God said, It is not good that man should be alone, I will make him an help meet for him. God did not first create the woman, and then make man a meet help for her; but he first made the man, and then the woman, that she might be a meet help for him. Now it is a Rule in Reason, That whosoever or whatsoever is made for another person or thing, is less excellent than that person or thing for which the other is made. For the man, signifies to serve and help the man.