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Cheryl, many female subordinationists don’t quite go this far. Rather, they dance around it by saying that although God isn’t male because He doesn’t have sex organs like we do, he is 100% purely “masculine.” Of course, what they mean by masculine is like trying to nail jello to a wall; I’ve never received a satisfying answer. I would be interested in your take on whether or not God is “masculine” (as opposed to “feminine”).

If one means that He has character traits that are often found in men, then yes He has masculine traits. But God has also revealed that he has feminine traits. I believe that these traits that we would identify as primarily masculine or primarily feminine are reflected in the whole of humanity. No one sex can say that God only fully represents their sex because God is more than one set of traits. I think this is why some want to call Him “Mother”. I disagree with this only because God has chosen the image of Father to reveal himself to us and the image has meaning and a specific purpose. Yet his personality certainly does embrace all of the mothering characteristics too and that should be very comforting to us.

I hope I adequately answered your question. If I missed what you were getting at, please push me further on this one.