A seminary’s gender hierarchy was enforced by economic control of households

Evidence

If MacArthur found out your wife worked, he’d fire you,” says Swanson. “Or, if he liked you, he’d give you a raise so she could quit her job. — Katherine Stewart, The Power Worshippers, 159

Categorization

• SHARE: The blunt, memorable enforcement detail — fire or buy off — is exactly the kind of anecdote worth sharing with someone interested in how complementarian theology gets institutionally enforced.
• XREF: connects to: Biblical-era women were property bound to male kin and taboo-burdened; Christian doctrine institutionalized women’s subordination despite early egalitarian impulses — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 204; Patriarchal marriage domesticated feminine cosmic power into lawful order — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 367 (+9 more)

Broader Connections

• Biblical-era women were property bound to male kin and taboo-burdened #expands (0.82)
• The institution of inheritance causally produced woman’s subordination to man’s property #expands (0.80) — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 182
• Early evangelical gender doctrine framed male domination and female self-denial as God’s design. #corroborates (0.80) — Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Jesus and John Wayne, 151
• Virginia’s economic hierarchy matched the Puritan theological ordering of society #exemplifies (0.80) — Ibram X. Kendi, Stamped from the Beginning, 93
• Christian doctrine institutionalized women’s subordination despite early egalitarian impulses #corroborates (0.78) — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 204
• In feudalism woman functioned as property transmitting land to men #expands (0.78) — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 207
• Patriarchal marriage domesticated feminine cosmic power into lawful order #expands (0.75) — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 367
• Authoritarian patriarchal teaching entered mainstream evangelical homes through homeschooling curricula #corroborates (0.75) — Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Jesus and John Wayne, 181
• Egyptian elite households ran parallel hierarchies of gender and slave status #complicates (0.75)
• Nineteenth-century reactionary thought made the patriarchal family a microcosm of divine order #expands (0.72) — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 253
• Theological defenders gave patriarchy scriptural authority beyond popular masculinity trends #corroborates (0.72) — Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Jesus and John Wayne, 381
• Racial states regulate labor and family to serve capital and gender order #expands (0.72) — David Theo Goldberg, The Racial State, 57