The "S" Word
This past week, when Candace Cameron-Bure's book, "Balancing It all," came out, her statement about "choosing a submissive role" in her marriage, met with some very loud public criticism from those who would criticize her for ignoring the advances of feminism. To some, "submission" is the dirtiest of dirty words and represents some sort of marital prison, in which women are not allowed to think for themselves and spend their lives attached to hot ovens, wearing high heels, perfect make-up, and pearls, and have to beg their husbands for permission to have an independent thought, a bath, or a bowel movement. To be clear, if that's what the word submission meant to me, i wouldn't like it either, but this isn't the Dog Whisperer. We're not dogs being taught to remain calm submissive so that we can eat our kibble without fighting; and we're not talking about a culture in which submission means having the pleasure of following your m...