We're talking church age. There are still today women judges! However, even in the temple it was the Levitical men who were the leadership and today, the church age, men are the ones called of God to be the leader... the same as Christ (male) is the head of the church, just as the man (male) is the head of the family. I guess you would need to define "prophecy." If you define it as proclaiming, then yes, a woman can proclaim the truth of the Gospel to anyone, they are just not permitted to hold the office of a Pastor/Deacon. If you are speaking about predicting future events, I bow out as I view it unbiblical.