In the home and church I grew up in, I do not remember any teaching on male headship and female submission. In the church, service was performed equally by both males and females based upon their skills. In my home, my parents were co-regents and co-servants. I never remember my father demanding submission from my mother.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When i moved to the Washington, DC area, I started attending fundamentalist churches and I entered the complementarian bubble. I heard many sermons and attended many Bible studies that took a few Pauline verses from letters to form a theology of female submission and male headship. Some try to prove this position by proposing an eternal hierarchy in the Trinity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Alyssa Roat <\/em><\/strong>at Christianity. com gives a good summary of the positions and a quick overview of the evidence that supports each position. https:\/\/www.christianity.com\/wiki\/christian-terms\/what-are-complementarianism-and-egalitarianism-what-s-the-difference.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Here are her defintions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The first tenet of complementarianism is that men and women are equal in personhood. There is no difference in worth. Rather, proponents of complementarianism believe that men and women have separate, though equal, roles in marriage, family life, the church, and elsewhere.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n The word \u201ccomplementarianism\u201d derives from the word \u201ccomplement.\u201d Just like complementary colors work well together to create beauty, or one aspect of a dish complements another, the idea is that men and women complement each other for a more beautiful whole.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nComplementarianism Definition<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n