It also reeks of the traditionalist Christian notion of complementarianism, which says that God designed men and women for different purposes, spiritually equal to one another, but meant to fill different and mostly non-overlapping roles in the family, the Church, and society at large.

It’s a pernicious argument, toxically sexist, but it’s still pushed heavily by Evangelical Christians and the Roman Catholic hierarchy.

Complementarianism is why, for example, most Evangelical churches will not allow women to preach, serve as pastors, or (in many cases) even serve on the boards of deacons or elders that financially oversee churches.

Complementarianism is the reason why only men have powerful positions in the Catholic Church, with women limited to mostly servile or teaching roles.

Complementarianism is the religious equivalent of gender essentialism, only based in theological rather than biological arguments.

It’s also the underpinning for religious opposition to transgender people, of course:

“God created men and women to be fundamentally different from one another and to complement one another. Anything that disturbs that order is contrary to God’s plan.”

Then leaves little room for feminism or support for LGBTQ people in traditionalist Christian institutions.