Kay

sm,

Doesn’t it seem like complimentarians divide EVERYTHING about life into either male/masculinity or female/femininity? I don’t know how they manage to “see” it everywhere – you are right, it must be exhausting trying to make sure every move you make isn’t stepping over some gender line!

Right now I’m trying to imagine myself helping out a drowning “male” by influencing (shouting, ever so politely, of course) “Sir, you might want to try grabbing the rope right behind you.” In reality, at a moment like that, I don’t think either one of us would be worried about genders. And I would be shouting (with command), “Turn around and grab the rope behind you!”