Groothuis's argument only works against an extreme form of complementarianism that most complementarians would also reject — it attacks a straw man.

Mike says Groothuis regularly speaks as though all women are submissive to all men and ignores the relational aspects — a wife submitting to one husband, a church member submitting to local elders. Instead, she generalizes as if every man has total authority over every woman, which is a caricature.