Agreement with gender

Question

For first-person ("je suis [verb]) I understood it to be that it would take the -é suffix if a male speaker and the -ée suffix for a female speaker, but the top two examples on this page ("Je me suis lavé les dents" and "Je me suis bien amusée") both seem to be a female voice. Is there something that I'm missing?

Accepted Answer

Hi Carolyn, 
The past participle in the case of reflexive verbs agrees with the subject only when there is no object in the sentence unlike in the following examples -
 'se laver les dents', 'se casser un bras', 'se brosser les cheveux', etc.
Please look at my answer to Leah, and get back to us if you still have questions. -
https://french.kwiziq.com/questions/view/agreement-of-reflexive-verbs
Bonne Continuation !

Answer

Bonjour à tous,
Maarten is correct! Thanks to you all, this example has now been changed.
We're aware about needing a lesson on the agreement of reflexive verbs in Le Passé Composé. It is on our to-do-list.
Merci à tous et bonne journée !

Answer

Cécile,

the first example in a lesson that ( wrongly ) categorically states there is always agreement should not be an example where agreement does not occur ! Especially, when it is presented without any further explanation.

“ Note also that the verb must agree with the gender and number of the person.

i.e. taking an extra -e for women, and an extra -s for more than one person, -es for multiple women. “

This has been a repeated source of confusion and needs to be addressed as a priority improvement in my view.