Helpmates

What I got out of the original statement was that women are the clean up crew for men. Women are right behind the men to take care of things that they overlook or things that they are careless about. Being that this is the 21st century and people nowadays are more likely to get offended by sexist statements, it could definitely use some rewording. Since the word supplement gives off a demeaning connotation, I would replace it with a word that exemplifies support so it would equalize the man and woman as far as partnering go. Neither the man nor woman role in each other’s lives should be less meaningful than the other. The statement should exemplify unity rather than supplementation.