DY: So you go with option 3. (meaning that R’ Meir was correct as his life experiences showed him that women are inferior, and as such he was mesaken the Brocha to thank the Ribbono Shel Olam for not making him inferior).
IMHO, I agree that is the Pshat in the T”T. It does mean though that Chazal (specifically R’ Meir) were biased against women, but correctly so according to the T”T (which was my original point to PBA).