Staying free from feminist lies

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If my husband had ever suggested that he had authority over me in any way, he wouldn’t have been a man I’d have chosen to marry.

I know he told our daughter that if a boyfriend ever expressed that view, she should run, fast and far.
 
Then you don’t truly trust him.

Scripture assigns a husband as the head of the wife.

A husband shouldn’t need to tell his wife about his authority. She should already know.
 
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I trust him absolutely. In particular, I trust his understanding that we are fully equal partners in our marriage.
 
So what is your interpretation of this:

Be subject to one another out of reverence for Christ. Wives, be subject to your husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior. As the church is subject to Christ, so let wives also be subject in everything to their husbands.
 
In the same way I interpret the verses that follow regarding slavery. Paul’s instruction to the first-century church, in its first-century society.
 
I’m not sure what you even mean by that. However, in the first century, it was still considered moral to keep slaves and to encourage slaves to obey their masters. Because that was how Christianity operated in the society it found. In the first century, it was considered acceptable to see women as subservient to their husbands.

Before this thread closes, let’s just say that you have brought it full circle to the reason feminism is still necessary. As long as men think it’s acceptable to cherry pick bits of Scripture to use in order to claim authority over women because of their maleness, then feminism is still a valid movement.
 
Does your husband have issues with Catholic clergy authority also?
 
I also see an ommission of the directives to husbands and the references to Christ in His relationship to the Church:

21 Be subordinate to one anotherq out of reverence for Christ.*

22 Wives should be subordinate to their husbands as to the Lord.r

23 For the husband is head of his wife just as Christ is head of the church, he himself the savior of the body.s

24 As the church is subordinate to Christ, so wives should be subordinate to their husbands in everything.

25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ loved the church and handed himself over for hert

26 to sanctify her, cleansing her by the bath of water with the word,u

27 that he might present to himself the church in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish.v

28 So [also] husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.

29 For no one hates his own flesh but rather nourishes and cherishes it, even as Christ does the church,

30 because we are members of his body.

ETA: Husbands who are presenting themselves to their brides without any faults (without spot or wrinkle) are rare!!
 
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Why? That’s not true. I have heard a demonized version of a husband’s authority by many in this thread.
 
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I supported my wife to decide whichever direction. But initially I offered my guidance to have a normal birth.
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This is very different than the initial discussion of “authority” regarding who gets to decide whether the doctor is right or not. Offering guidance and then supporting your wife is a different picture than you painted before, where you said that a woman would have to defer to him, even if he has no medical expertise.

If my husband had insisted that I have a home birth the first time, my son and I would both be dead. When is it okay for a woman to make a decision about how she gives birth, if she and her husband do not agree? Is she to agree to whatever he wants, even though it may be dangerous for her?
 
She should appeal to him in everyway she can, and maybe even her pastor or their respected friends.

A husband should have his interest in her health and safety.

She should place her trust in his goodness.

A husband’s authority should not be “lorded” over her.

You all base your position on fear of a bad husband.
 
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If you don’t trust your husband would be loving in his authority, you don’t truly love and trust him.
 
What happens if you don’t know he’s a bad husband? What if you find out, for example, that he’s cheated?
 
So Ephesians is not Catholic Teaching?

What does a husband’s authority extend to?
 
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I’ll say this… if women treated their husbands as the head of the family more, I truly believe that it would help inspire them to live up to the responsibility.

I think they would be more active in the Church
 
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