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I have difficulty interpreting this teaching on how men are to behave towards their wives other than seeing behaviour required very much like that shown by a man when he submits to his wife in a female dominant partnership. How else can a husband make his wife's needs and wishes a priority over his own in selfless, sacrificial service towards her? I cannot here in scripture find any justification for male domination of women or for men expecting their wives to obey them. These forms of behaviour are surely not consistent with the intended relationship between men and women in marriage? A man is to demonstrate his headship only by sacrificial service to his wife. He demonstrates his manhood by so doing. There is nothing weak or non-masculine in a man submitting to his wife in loving and diligent service, willingly seeking to please her and make her wishes a priority above his own. Indeed it is a coward of a man who fails to do so, or worse still, abuses his wife, by demanding or expecting her to serve his needs. His body and physical strength are to be at the disposal of his wife.