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Originally posted by korkscru
Well...according to the Bible, when a man and woman marry, they DO become one in MANY aspects. BUT... I'm not assuming that means taking over each other's bodies. I DO believe that intimacy between a husband and wife should ALWAYS be MUTUAL. We do have some men who feel that it's a woman's DUTY to "make herself available" to her husband whenever HE wants it. PERSONALLY, I don't agree with that philosophy. It's bogus and sounds "enslaving" (if there is such a word). I feel that many people misconstrue the MEANING and CONCEPT of a woman's SUBMISSIVENESS to her husband. God wants us to be able to understand His word in the RIGHT concept. He did not create woman to be a "sex slave" (among other things) to man. He created woman to be a "help meat" to man.
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God also gave husbands a command per Ephesian 5:25- "Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it." If Christ died for the unsaved and husbands should love their wives in the same manner as Christ loved the church, then he should respect her wishes.