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Study leader reference - not a definitive answer
Question 7
Renee says she fought hardest against the headship order because of her feminist upbringing, and she compares biblical hierarchy to workplace hierarchy (CEO/accountant) as “not inferior/superior” but roles for “stability” and “order”; where does that analogy clarify things for you, and where does it feel inadequate or even dangerous?
Another way to ask: Renee compares biblical hierarchy to a workplace (like CEO and accountant): different roles, not better or worse. Where does that comparison help you, and where does it break down or feel risky?
Discussion Jumpstarter
Direct Answer
Her analogy clarifies that hierarchy can function as role-based order rather than personal worth, but it may feel limited because family and spiritual headship involve relational, moral, and covenant dimensions that a workplace chart doesn’t fully capture (the transcript doesn’t address those risks directly).
- She identifies her resistance: “Being from my feminist background…to be told to be in submission was already hard.”
- She says God taught her headship is “for stability…order…to make things flow,” and “not inferior and superior.”
- She uses everyday structures: “in a government, in a workplace, in a school, we have that hierarchy…this is what makes it work.”
- Personal example: “I worked in an accounting office…an accountant here…a CEO up here,” with different tasks, not different humanity.
- She applies it to home: “That’s how it works in the home…you all are in your spots, and it makes the house just click.”
- She contrasts disorder with examples like “children ruling the parents” and “women trying to rule over their husbands,” calling them “out of order.”