'The unequal power sharing situation that a "Biblical Marriage" involves is basically a 24/7 re-ennactment of the Stanford Prison experiment. I'm not saying that every or even most unequal relationships are abusive, but the potential is very much there. Frankly, when one person has socially recognized power over another, the first person tends to turn into a jerk, and the second person quickly stops resisting. The latter is probably part of why abuse is chronically under-reported in the Christian community.
And of course, even in a healthy, non-abusive relationship, there's still the fact that women are pressured to "stay in the kitchen" while men are pressured to become the primary or sole breadwinner, with no real consideration for the fact that maybe either partner isn't suited for that job.' - Miles Teg
On the subject of abuse:
http://www.city-journal.org/2008/18_1_campus_rape.html
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