The Dirty S Word

No; it is not sex and it is not a four letter word. It's submission-a word despised by women for years. Its meaning has been so misconstrued and tainted that many of us cringe when we hear it. But it shouldn't be that way. I've learned that it is we women who have contributed to its negative connotations.

According to www.dictionary.com, submit can mean the following:

1. to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).

2. to subject to some kind of treatment or influence.

3. to present for the approval, consideration, or decision of another or others: to submit a plan; to submit an application.

4. to state or urge with deference; suggest or propose (usually fol. by a clause): I submit that full proof should be required.

5. to yield oneself to the power or authority of another: to submit to a conqueror.

6. to allow oneself to be subjected to some kind of treatment: to submit to chemotherapy.

7. to defer to another's judgment, opinion, decision, etc.: I submit to your superior judgment.

We'll just consider two meanings-to yield to authority and to present for the approval of another. Whether you believe it or not, if you are a married woman, you are to yield to the authority of your husbands. Christian or non-Christian, the husband is the head of the family and the household.

However, because of our own inferiority complexes, we women have the need to feel that we are equals in our marriages. That, in essence, is insane. Simply put, I've always heard that anything with two heads is a monster. And, if there are two heads in your marriage, I'm sure it is very scary.

After years of fighting for our civil rights, we women were convinced that we would no longer be treated as inferiors to men. So we have discarded the 'submissiveness' of our great grandmothers and believe that we are to share the duties of heading our families with our husbands.