Because nothing says ‘equal partners’ like a hefty dose of submission.
Reality TV has gone too far. It’s all over. We’ve lost. We’ve scraped the very bottom of the barrel.
Coming to a TV near you this Sunday is TLC’s newest hour-long special – Submissive Wives’ Guide to Marriage.
You might need to check you got the key word there: SUBMISSIVE.
The one-off TV special will chronicle the lives of three infuriating inspiring women. Two of whom currently live and breathe submission and one who hopes to save her marriage by emulating their role model.
Anti-feminist and misogynist Tara Furman explains in a preview clip from the episode, “Submission is one of the greatest gifts God has given to a woman.”
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Why does an emancipated woman's choice to be a submissive wife to her husband therefore mean that she is an anti-feminist and a misogynist? The fact that she has the power to CHOOSE that lifestyle, that neither her husband nor society has not demanded it from her, and that she has chosen to lead a life that makes her happy, isn't that a part of what feminism is all about? A woman having the right to make her own choices, to lead a life that makes her happy? Ok, yes, she is telling others about how to be a submissive wife - but she isn't demanding that everyone follow in her footsteps! She's giving advice for those who, like her, have CHOSEN to live that lifestyle.
You could class my mother as a 'submissive' wife - although since she was born in the late 1940's, you might say she was a product of her upbringing. But my mother deferred to my father as the head of the household, would do the majority of the housework (Dad would mow the lawns, fix things, and maintain the cars), and pretty much directed how my sisters and I were raised. However, my mother is no doormat. My father loves her and respects her, and when she would voice her opinion, he would listen to it (and pretty much followed her advice). They have been married for over 40 years, and I think they would be lost without each other.
I have quite a dominating personality - I am loud, outspoken, and quite assertive. My husband, by comparison, is more subdued - he is quiet, soft-spoken, and reserved. I have made a choice within our marriage to take a more submissive role - this does not mean that I am a spineless sap who has given up all of her rights. Instead, I work hard to prevent myself from walking roughshod all over my husband, and to instead support and highlight the amazing qualities and abilities of his, which would be overshadowed if I maintained my dominant personality at all times. That is what being in an equal partnership is all about. You work to support each other, bring out and highlight the great qualities of each other, and also smooth over the rougher edges. Each partnership has a one person who is more dominant, and the other is more submissive - just because someone chooses to take on the submissive role rather than the dominant one does not detract from their contributions to that relationship, rather, it accentuates them.
So please, stop labelling women who don't fit your particular mold of 'feminism' as being 'anti-feminist' or 'misogynists'. Leave those labels to those who truly deserve them.
My MIL chose her daughters reading which was .... https://www.biblegateway.co...
I almost walked out, it was horrendous, yes each to their own but honestly...
Yes, and the fact that in this instance, it is talking about the responsibilities of each person in a marriage - the husband as the traditional 'head' of the household, and the wife as the submissive 'nurturer'. As my pastor said to us when we got married though - the husband may be the 'head' of the family, but it's the wifely 'neck' who supports him in that position.