Jay Johengen
Altamahaw-Ossipee, North Carolina, United States
>Every analogy breaks down at some point...the point of this one is to show that women are not inferior to men just as employees are not inferior (as a person) to their employers.
Then I would like to hear more as to how they are subordinate:
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sub·or·di·nate (sə-bôr'dn-ĭt)
adj.
Belonging to a lower or inferior class or rank; secondary.
Subject to the authority or control of another.
n.
One that is subordinate.
tr.v., -nat·ed, -nat·ing, -nates. (sə-bôr'dn-āt')
To put in a lower or inferior rank or class.
To make subservient; subdue.
[Middle English subordinat, from Medieval Latin subōrdinātus, past participle of subōrdināre, to put in a lower rank : Latin sub-, sub- + Latin ōrdināre, to set in order (from ōrdō, ōrdin-, order).]
subordinately sub·or'di·nate·ly adv.
subordinateness sub·or'di·nate·ness or sub·or'di·na'tion (-nā'shən) n.
subordinative sub·or'di·na'tive (-nə'tĭv) adj.
Thesaurus
subordinate
adjective
Below another in standing or importance: inferior, junior, lesser, low, lower2, minor, minor-league, petty, secondary, small, subaltern, under. Informal smalltime. See over/under.
In a position of subordination: collateral, dependent, subject, subservient. See over/under, part/whole.
noun
One belonging to a lower class or rank: inferior, junior, secondary, subaltern, underling. See over/under.
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