Gender roles in a biblical Christian marriage?

Precisely. Now tell that to liberals, feminists, and atheists. I dont even have to look at I know you just got whacked with all sorts of insults.

God isnt going to judge me based on how well I submitted to my wife. Hes going to judge in that regard to what is written in Scripture; to be gentle, loving, teacher, and good leader. Likewise God is going to judge women based on how well they submitted, loved, and respected their husbands. This can be a relief for submitting wives because they are not responsible or have to burden decisions they dont want to make or be responsible for.

But youre right, if men in response arent going to take up their rightful place we are just going to have more broken homes and dysfunction and more of a reason for wives to disrespect their husband. (can you come be my wife's best friend??) : )

I think that all Christians should use the Bible as their guidelines for marriage as well as for every day living. A marriage can only work if two people put God then each other before themselves. The woman should submit to the man, and the man should love and cherish the wife. This i feel is very important in a marriage. Many don't work out because each person puts themselves before the other and certainly don't keep God at the forefront of the marriage. I think that before Christians should get married, they should be required to read the sections of the Bible pertaining to marriage. There is a lot of information there that God wants you to know and follow.

Those verses may be interpreted in different ways. Spouses are supposed to submit to eachother. Husbands don't get the final say. Marriage is about compromise and partnership. Each spouse has to know when to lead and when to follow- when to push for what they want and when to let their partner get their way. No one should be running over their spouse, whether it be the wife or the husband. Just because a husband nowadays shares equal authority with his wife, doesn't make him any less of a man. Those constricting gender roles should stay lost in the past.

Are all the ladies you see being head of the household Christians? If they are, maybe they just don't believe in following the bible to a tee? Simple difference in opinion maybe? You really didn't ask a question but maybe those are some reasons why.

Lead and protect? Have you ever heard of something called equality between human beings? Sure, a family is fine with a stay at home mom if that's what she chooses, but what gives you the audacity to say that men should be the leader? The parents, together are the "leaders" of the family. A wife isn't her husband's child. This isn't the 1950's but maybe your head is too far up your *** to see that.

Men today are taught that it is sexist to play their traditional gender role. To want to protect a woman is considered sexist because it implies that women can't protect themselves. To want to "lead" the family implies that women are incapable of governing themselves and therefore, this is a sexist statement.

In my opinion, the man and woman have equal, but different roles to play in society and in the family. Of course, it is up to the individual what role they choose to play, but surely some conservatism is warranted.

Why was it important for men to be the head of the house hold? Because women were property! Because women werent educated! Because they didnt have the knowledge to understand menstration and thought women were possesed and crazy during menstration! Because women were on bed rest for the majority of their pregnancy!!

When you look at WHY it was so important Biblically for the male to be the head of the house hold, the tradition starts to loose its religious appeal as you see its all buried in a patriarchal society that didnt give any credit to women at all beyond child bearing.

equality. its a good thought. that includes letting each gender get what they think they should out of the union.

Husbands see themselves as the earner who lends the money to wives.

From there, they leave the house finances and home matters to them since they spend time at home.

Sometimes, women also have pride. They try to work for the family and also homemaker. In this case, men just watch them do stuff because there's little else they can do.

You stated it just fine........& yes, couples do get out of balance....and are better friends with co workers or ............yep the other ex.

Husbands and Wives ought to be servants to each other.....each others best friends.... Kind of like Ronald and Nancy (Reagan)