You came back with a good article to critique.
It is such a brazenly sexist article. The first paragraph was enough to make any modern woman throw it in the garbage.
The paragraph that got me was 18
"Sylvie, who has been serving
at Bethel in France for years, commented
that sisters can have a share in
commending brothers. She noted that
women may appreciate different details
or efforts that they observe. Thus their
“words of encouragement can complement
what experienced brothers say.”
The real truth is that brothers are really out to impress the sisters. Developing public speaking is rooted in the male drive to mate = just like learning to play the guitar and sing or roar about on a noisy Harley.
It's the male trying to seduce females. Brothers could care less about other brothers compliments. They will put the highest value on the attractive sister that compliments them.
1 Samuel 18:7
6 It happened as they were coming, when David returned from killing the Philistine, that the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet King Saul, with tambourines, with joy and with musical instruments. 7 The women sang as they played, and said, "Saul has slain his thousands, And David his ten thousands." 8 Then Saul became very angry, for this saying displeased him; and he said, "They have ascribed to David ten thousands, but to me they have ascribed thousands. Now what more can he have but the kingdom?"…
Brothers learn early in their teens that if they give good talks they will have a shot at getting a "hot" sister. And like David if you get too many sisters admiring you the elders will find a way to cut you down to size.