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But yes, while wives should submit to their husbands marriage is a contract designed to honor each other and the lord. So that each is stronger together than separate. Ephesians 5:22-24: "Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands."
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stupleb 10mo ago

A wife is supposed to submit to a husband's leadership because a husband is expected to serve his wife, and if need be die for his wife and offspring. There's no way to manage that effort and risk without some form of situational control.

The only reason any argument about this takes place today in some successful countries is because that situational control was given, managed well through patriarchy and we enjoy the fruits of it today where things are so safe, calm and soft that people can act like this survival strategy was never necessary.

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Anon 10mo ago

As a Christian, I agree 100%. Those verses re: female submission and male headship, risking his life for his wife, etc. prompted me to opt out of the whole marriage and family path all together. Always seemed like a raw deal for the guy. Lots of risk with not much upside. Both Jesus and Paul encouraged men to remain unmarried and I took their advice to heart. I’ve seen plenty of Christian couples make it work though.