Requiem of the Exodus
Veolin
Ive seen a mix of both so to say all men need more balls is a no. I don't think a guy should roll over and play dead, but at the same time I don't think it should be taken to the extreme of controlling.
Case in point, consider a friend of my husbands. He is currently getting divorced and is even going to so far as to harm his new relationship by demanding complete control and submission. Even going so far as placing double standards where as he can do no wrong and the female is always wrong. Even most of his guy friends have openly stated that he shouldn't be allowed to be in a relationship. Period. One reason being because he pushes it almost to a point of abuse.
But in relation to my husband and myself, we treat our relationship as a partnership. There are areas where he is definitely the man of the household, but he doesn't take it so far as to not consider my feelings or treat me subservient, rather I have just as much say in our home as he does. We each strive to make up for what the other may lack and better each other and our relationship in that way. It's balance instead of control.
What about his level of submission to you? Is that also in a healthy balance?
I have never forced him to be sub-servant to me, and he has not asked that I be sub-servant to him. So I suppose that any subservience that has come about in our relationship has been by our own accord in relation to considering each others feelings, and having a level of respect for each other. So yes, I would say so.
But to elaborate, I never tell my husband he absolutely can't do something unless it puts our family as a whole, or our daughter specifically, in danger or would leave her without things she needs. And besides that, any restrictions that have ever been placed on him have just as equally been placed on me as well and visa versa. I like him being the dominant in our household and he often gets the final say in almost everything, but there is also a level of respect and consideration that he has given me in return where as we approach decisions together and run our household together.