on who wears the pants

in a Christian marriage

complementarianism*

when your marriage owns
just that one pair of pants

and you get accused of
stealing them from their

rightful owner every time
you express your opinion

________

*term coined by John Piper and his buddies in the late 1980s

Here is how I feel about John Piper:

Need your own JPipe bookmark? Let me know. I sell them to support my buy-all-of-his-and-James-Dobson’s-books-at-the-thrift-store habit.

Also: I was married to a man for 22 years who did not like it Sam-I-Am when I tried to wear the pants he believed were his patriarchal birthright.

Complementarianism is bullshit. Have a nice Thursday!