It is actually about species here. I would rather be a "second class"/female human being then a "first class"/male dog. So I am now rather a wife of God then a husband of a human being.
A wise woman would allow her foolish husband to make all the wrong decisions
until he realizes that he should allow her to have a say also. But if the woman is foolish also she should not blame it on "sexism".
Love Johan
I suppose it is pointless as usual, but I would point out first that we do not choose our species, so your preference is hardly to the point. I would rather be any sort of class of human than any class of dog, but that is not an option anyway, and is no more relevant than the transparently truistic assumption that I'd rather be something I like than something I don't. What is relevant is what kind of human being a human being should be, and all else is meaningless persiflage.
Assuming Hokulele is human (of course as the old saying goes nobody knows you're a dog on the internet, but I'll hazard a guess...), then there is no reason any religious nonsense should create for her a class that differentiates her from other human beings. Such nonsense would be enough, in my own mind, to disqualify any religious idea from consideration, inherently foolish but also grounds for suspicion that it is justification for misogynistic misdeeds. Of course I can't speak for Hokulele, though I surmise from her posting history that she is not inclined to be either passive or stupid, but I would consider her by default a first class citizen unless she was stupid enough to choose otherwise.
Second, you utterly ignore the idea that "wrong decisions" can be wrong in ways that are not disadvantageous to the person making them, or that the benefit of a relationship should belong to both parties from the start. What's so special about a man's happiness or self image or whatever, that he gets to be a jerk for some period of time while his subservient wife suffers? So a woman should go along with her husband's stupidity and abuse, even if it makes her unhappy, in order for him to come to wisdom happily? Stuff that for a lark.
A reasonable and intelligent woman is not going to sit around while her husband acts with foolhardy recklessness, abuse or harm, in the vain hope that he'll come to his senses. One who does is either playing passive-aggressive hardball or a fool. Maybe your confusion about species does factor in here. You want a dog, not a wife.
Abusing one's wife might be rather satisfying to a despicable sexist swine, or just to a fool who knows no better, and if the wife were to take your advice, little benefit would accrue to her, nor would he have much reason to cease his odious behavior. If you want someone to stop doing something, saying "yes master" is not at all efficient.
Without going into specifics, which it's clear one should not here, I would modestly suggest the conduct of long and happy relationships, and the reaping of benefits therefrom, is an area where others might argue from a better position.
