Wives, submit 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, of which he is the Savior.
Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her
to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,
and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless.
In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
After all, no one ever hated his own body, but he feeds and cares for it, just as Christ does the church—
for we are members of his body.
“For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”
This is a profound mystery—but I am talking about Christ and the church.
However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.

– Ephesians 5 (22-33)

My friend was married today and this passage seemed to be an important part of it. The pastor spoke on it for a good 30 minutes. Emphasizing the husband’s role as head of the family and the wife’s as, well, subservient. He pointed out that while the wife has the right to speak her views and make suggestions, the final word would be that of the husband.

I was waiting for Jules to get up and light her bra on fire in protest. But our friend seems happy enough with the arrangement even though they only met in December. But, good luck to them. I hope their marriage is happy and fulfilling.