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Mnementh said:
outlawauron said:
Mnementh said:

Only a few christians these days state that the women should be do as their husband says. But the bible states that.

How literal are you being here? I'm pretty sure the majority of Christians (and most of the world really) believes that the man is the head of the household. Not a slave/master relationship here, but still in charge of making decisions for the well-being of the family.

Thinking about it, you seem to be right (although this behaviour feels wrong). But the situation of women have clearly changed over the last century, and even christians do not attack these changes. Most christians don't orbid their daughter to have jobs, and not only as teacher or babysitter.

Basic principle involving leadership, which is what the man is called to have in the relationship, is that they are ultimately responsible for everything in the relationship that goes wrong, and it is their job to serve and make sure everything is right.  It certainly is not supposed to be something where they get every single whim of themselves done, and demand that people serve these whims.  They also aren't supposed to bully into compliance either.  Point of leadership is people voluntarily follow you.  In this context, that is where you have a husband-wife relationship, and families actually.