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The character’s influence lies in her ability to observe and to be “totally alert” to everything happening around her during the conclave, but not in a submissive way.

Making the decision myself, and forcing the issue, was antithetical to his expectation that I continue to be a submissive wife.

When a man like Musk walks away from his kids, the right wants to accuse the mother of running him off, usually by not being submissive enough.

He invoked an insecure masculinity rooted in the use of violence against real or often perceived threats, which requires a submissive, helpless, vulnerable woman to protect in order to validate its existence.

Dr. José Martínez, the host, began by observing that “the Bible says that every authority is established by God, and it calls on to be submissive to that authority and recognize and respect all authority.”