How to Be a (Complementarian) Woman of Influence

“The man is the head, but the woman is the neck, and she can turn the head anyway she wants.” These words, spoken by Nia Vardalos’s mother in My Big Fat Greek Wedding, neatly summarize what women have recognized for centuries: it’s not necessary to have a position of authority to have influence. That’s not to say a woman should use her influence to subvert a man in authority or manipulate her husband to get her way. I write from the perspective of a happy complementarian. I believe God has ordained that men—and not women—hold certain positions of authority in…