Curious Christian

In the story of the Fall, there is a tragic turning: human relationships fracture, and domination enters a world once marked by mutuality. The words spoken to Eve, “your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you,” are often read as divine prescription. But what if they are better understood as description, a sorrowful unveiling of what sin has done to the harmony between people?

Complementarianism tends to frame this imbalance as part of God’s intended design, rather than a distortion of it. In doing so, it risks sanctifying the very brokenness that Christ came to heal. If Jesus is the one who restores all things, then wouldn’t that include restoring relationships to their original, shared dignity?

We might ask then: are we aligning ourselves with the redemptive arc of Scripture, or are we clinging to the consequences of the Fall? How might we live differently if we truly believed that power over others is not a calling, but a wound in need of healing?