And the point of this piece is that for people who subscribe to this social model, they see elevating male authority as only right and natural and "caring." The entire rest of the piece is pointing out all the dysfunction with that. The juxtaposition of the two is the theme of the essay.

There's no antagonism, but you accused me of formulating rosy-pink colored manure when describing how Strict Father types view themselves and I'm simply trying to explain why I put I the way that I did.