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Originally Posted by wittynickname
Citizens are allowed to be scared and freaked out and angry. You would hope, however, that the leadership of a major European country would be less swayed by emotion and rather would approach the situation with diplomacy and logic.
I'd imagine that plenty of various sects of Christianity in America would be pretty high on this list also. Growing up a Jehovah's Witness, which at the very least does attempt to stick pretty close to the Bible--the man as head of the family and thus the woman being in subjection to him is a pretty strong message that is taught from a very, very young age.
Christian men may not expect their wives to wear a burka, but I can't count the times I've had women come into the salon and want to dramatically change their hair but "my husband would never let me!" Women who have to check with their husbands before they spend any money, etc, etc.
It's not as visible, but that kind of stuff absolutely exists in Christianity also.
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I check with my wife when I spend money or decide to change something up. Doesn't mean I'm part of some fundamentalist Christian sect. I've said things like "my wife would kill me" in the store plenty of times when I was shopping and we all have a sensible chuckle.
I view her as a life partner and not as a subordinate, and the decisions I make affect her (and vice-versa) so we consult each other. If anything, I'm the damn subordinate lol.
EDIT: Forgot to add that we are conservative Christians.