Retha

“Titus 2:5 (NAS) to be sensible, pure, workers at home, kind, being subject to their own husbands, so that the word of God will not be dishonored.”
Can this verse be turned against complementarians?
In the ancient near east of the time, the culture was such that the word of God would have been dishonored by the unbelievers if women did not subject. (“See those Christians? They don’t allow the man his proper place! Christianity is bad for society!” – thinkers of the time period.)
But in the current world, the word of God is being dishonored because of complimentarians! (“See those Christians? They don’t allow the woman her proper place! Christianity is bad for society!” – today’s critics.)
It seems that “so that the word of God will not be dishonored” is the real biblical principle of the verse, and the first part about a method to achieve the goal. And in the interest of not dishonoring His word, we should show the “neither male nor female” aspect in marriages.
Could it be that complimentarians miss the principle in Titus 2:5?