Female Submission – Why Weak Men Want Submissive Women
One of the male posters (N.C.) had a solid understanding of the issue and posted: “While a woman submissive (or possibly more accurately nurturing) to her husband and household can be a beautiful and wonderful thing under the right conditions, sadly, there are plenty of no good men willing to take advantage of this. Any relationship should be give and take, and a man should be willing to accommodate the wants and needs of the woman in his life as well as his own. Open communication and sometimes a little compromise go a long way toward maintaining a healthy and loving relationship. It simply cannot be a one way street.”
Only Controlling, Insecure Men Demand Female Submission
What I’ve noticed is that the men who demand a female subjugate herself to him unconditionally tend to be those that lack confidence, are unsure of their sexual prowess or physical attractiveness, or that feel they are lacking in some way and cannot compete in the dating arena. Their confidence is shored up by an adoring woman that hangs on their every word as if it were The Gospel.
Even when he admits to himself that he doesn’t know crap about what he is doing and would like to have help on a decision, he cannot ask his woman for assistance. He feels if he gets her input and she is actually right and he ends up doing what she says, it would break down the rigid role barriers he’s worked so hard to establish. So he and his entire family suffer for his lack of courage and dearth of knowledge as he hangs onto his role as uncontested “natural leader.”
However, as noted by the male poster N.C. above, a confident self-assured man does not want a woman to submit nor subjugate herself to him. The confident man embraces his woman as an equal partner. He is openly proud of her and acknowledges her skills and strengths as she acknowledges his. These two form a powerful, mutually enriching, mutually supportive team where the lead is taken by one then the other as their skills, education and experience dictate. Neither is relegated to a box based strictly on gender.
At some point men must make an effort to understand that having a penis gives them no special powers, no increased abilities, no more knowledge or experience, nothing more than women have. You are not more than a woman. You are not superior in any way. You are the opposite of women, but you are not better, you are not smarter, you are not faster at anything either. You are just a male. And that does not entitle you to any special privileges or rights or treatment just because you are.
In closing ladies, your power is not in submission; your power is in your resilient spirit, in your joyful heart, in your intelligence, and in your soul as a woman.
Your power is in your sense of accomplishment and the benefit you bring to your family, your community and the world. Women can heal broken hearts with a touch and a wounded soul with a soft word because women can FEEL the pain and confusion of others. Women also have an understanding of and connection with the Universe and everything in it — something men don’t understand and are truly afraid of.
Typically, when people don’t understand something they are afraid of it. Fearful people desire to eradicate that which they are most fearful of.
Be alert for attempts to destroy your self-confidence and independent mind. Do not ever let a man convince you to submit to him because he demands it, or because he assumes it is his rightful position in your life. Surrendering your power and self to the control of men unconditionally will damage and possibly destroy the essence of your spirit, the very thing that makes you the strong, confident and wonderful woman that you are.
Until next time.
Deborrah
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Wow – I originally thought that I was reading an article about submissive women (one more of many), as I enjoy getting different viewpoints. Then it became quite clear that what I was really reading is yet another Man bashing article. But unlike the ordinary, run of the mill Man bashing – this one added a new twist – bashing women who actually like Men.
Then – somewhere within the banter it stopped being about women and became about black women. Hmmm … I’m guessing that because I’m “just” a woman and not a “black woman” I probably won’t be given much credit for having my own opinion. Yes that’s right – “my” opinion – not one fed to me by a Man – but rather one I formed all on my own.
I am no longer under the delusions of youth – those days have passed – along with the “idea” of being a “superwoman”. Yes – I’m an intelligent, educated woman and have held powerful positions with many employees. I have put in the hours, made the decisions, both at work and at home. It had its highs and gratifying moments – but at the end of the day – it was lonely. And why shouldn’t it have been? After all – I’m a woman and can do anything a Man can. Well – everything but make me feel like a woman. Instead – I felt like I was spinning my wheels, and I wasn’t happy. I wanted to take care of my home and my family – that is where my heart really lied. But – I was too busy to be bothered to be what I wanted to be (submissive) – instead I was being what “society” was saying I should be (Dominant).
I have witnessed many families (including my own) fall apart because there were too many Chiefs in the household. Families torn apart because it was more important for the woman to have a career and advance in the workplace, instead of doing the one job that was more important than any other – raising their children and taking care of their families.
It amazes me that so many “intelligent” people don’t get it. It’s not easy being a submissive – but it is very rewarding and worth every bit of it. It isn’t about being a “slave” (unless that is your desire) to a Man – it’s about caring, honoring and respecting Him as a Man. The tradeoff can be wonderful – if (like any relationship) you’re with the right Man for you. And if you actually stop and think about it – being a Man isn’t exactly a stroll in the park. When a Man takes on the responsibility of taking care of His woman – He has to be attentive to her needs and provide for her. Is it really so bad that in return He expects to be taken care of as well?
Now don’t get me wrong – there are some men out there that are real jerks and use it as an excuse to be abusive. But ladies – any real Man will tell you – that kind of person is not a man but rather nothing more than a male. Big difference! A real Man does not degrade, denigrate, abuse physically, verbally or emotionally that which He treasures more than anything – His woman and His family. He will take a great deal of pride in having such a wonderful person by His side. He will take great pride in knowing that He is Man enough for her to want to submit to. Not because He tells her to – but because she loves and trusts that He is not only qualified to do it – but is going to do it. (Not an easy thing to find.)
It has been mentioned that Men fear women and that is why they want a submissive woman. I’m sorry – but I think it’s more like women fear being women, and having a Man that is a Man, and that is why they choose to not be submissive. Although I must admit – I do like the definition of submission being love. Perhaps we should expand on that just a little to include honor and respect.
Just as a little closing thought – ladies – if you are so against submission – why do you expect your Men to be submissive to you?
My stance is that no one need be “submissive” to the other. The relationship should be a partnership, where both parties have important views, opinions, and each respects the other’s on a par. Because a man has a dick does not make him superior and there is no reason to submit to him on that one point. His brain is no better, his financial acumen no higher, his list of accomplishments no longer, and his way of doing things does not equate to superior merely because he is a male. That is the part you don’t get.
And it is not that I don’t like men – I love men! What I do not like at all (despise actually), is the mentality many men have that women are required to dumb themselves down and be less so that he can present himself as large and in charge. I do not like males like that and have no problem letting it be known. Men that think they are entitled to have what they want from women, and that women can never tell them “no!” or “fuck off!” are not men I would want to be bothered with.
Men have been SOCIALIZED (as have you) to think that they are better and more important than women. They are not. Submission is not love, it is stupidity. And any women that thinks submitting to a man because he wants it and that it equates to showing love and respect is deluded.
You are stuck in some 1512 mentality where men are defined and presented as strong against a woman’s weakness. I believe if a man is so strong, let him show it by standing alongside a woman that has strength just like he does. It is easy to look strong if you are standing next to someone that is spineless, weak, indecisive, insecure and who thinks she is nothing without a man. That is no challenge and requires no smarts or energy at all! Of course men like women like that because men are lazy and that woman makes it easy for him to fulfill the image he has of himself of being better than females.
You will never read an article on this site that suggests that women make themselves inferior or submissive to males in any way, shape or form. However, if you want to be submissive, that’s your choice and you are entitled to it.
Just know that other women do not wish to make that choice. Just like you think other women are wrong for not choosing to submit to a man, we think you are crazy for the choice you make. It doesn’t divorce or cheat proof your marriage, doesn’t make you a better woman, doesn’t bring you achievements or glory or make you proud of yourself – being submissive does nothing for a woman but make her a mirror for a man to bounce his ego off.
You can keep that.
First of all I suppose I should say thank you for giving me permission to make my own choice. Especially after you spent so much time on basically telling me that I’m stupid, crazy, and have been socialized. You have even gone so far as to infer that any woman who submits to a Man is “spineless, weak, indecisive, insecure and who thinks she is nothing without a man”.
How dare you act as though your way of thinking is the only way of thinking. You are a very closed minded person that seems to be on a mission to make “every” woman think as you do … or else they are all those degrading descriptive words you have chosen to use.
I think it is wonderful that you can bask in your womanhood in a fashion that is obviously befitting of you, and brings you great joy. Wouldn’t it be nice if you could feel the same for others that can bask in their womanhood in a fashion that brings them joy?
I didn’t say that I don’t understand your point of view. I didn’t call you degrading names for the way that feel and believe. Why did you feel the need to lash out at me in such a way? Did I hit a sore spot? Does my womanhood somehow threaten your womanhood? Does it bother you so much to know that there really are intelligent, educated women out here that enjoy Men and all they have to offer?
Perhaps you should take a couple of minutes to do a little self evaluation. And by the way – if i were truly socialized – i would be as closed minded on this subject as you.
Tricia, the point you miss is that this is MY website, and when I write an article it contains MY thoughts, MY ideas, MY values, and MY opinions. You don’t have to agree – the web is a big place and you can start your own website and fill it with YOUR thoughts, YOUR ideas, YOUR values and YOUR opinions. Here, mine reign supreme.
I am not trying to make other women do anything. You must believe I have amazing power over people if you truly believe that one person, me, in cyberspace has that much influence over the minds of millions of women! But its flattering that you believe my pen wields such power which means you feel threatened and insecure about your position, otherwise you would not be offended and upset by someone with a different stance.
Women can be whatever they want to be, whatever suits them. What I am saying here is that only weak men insist that a woman be submissive to them so they can stand on her head and feel high, mighty and powerful.
But hey, if you are a woman that doesn’t mind playing third string to a man and his ego, that’s your red wagon. I however, cannot in good conscience advocate that any woman treat herself that way.
Deborrah: “It is easy to look strong if you are standing next to someone that is spineless, weak, indecisive, insecure and who thinks she is nothing without a man.”
Well Tricia did say at the end of the day, “she was lonely and she needed a man to make her feel like a woman“. So with this type of weak minded mindset of course she is the exact type of woman who would buy into this ‘submissiveness idea. Like you said, that mindset doesn’t make a marriage any better or give it any type of advantage. Men cheat and divorce submissive mindset type of women all the time. This woman needs a man to make her feel like a woman and to make her feel less lonely. She isn’t whole within herself. To me she sounds like she has low self esteem. Most women who buy into that submissive mindset tend to have low self esteem and they expect women who think highly of themselves to buy into this antiquated type of thinking. NOT.
Tricia: “. I have put in the hours, made the decisions, both at work and at home. It had its highs and gratifying moments – but at the end of the day – it was lonely.”
A man doesn’t make you feel ‘less lonely’. Loneliness is a state of mind. Plenty married women are lonely because they are depending on their man to ‘fill a hole in their lives. Only you can do that. You are putting to much pressure on someone to ‘make you happy and feel less lonely. That’s your job.
Tricia: “’I’m a woman and can do anything a Man can. Well – everything but make me feel like a woman. “
Only you can make yourself feel like a woman. How can a man make you feel like a woman when he is a man? Again you are putting too much power and responsibility on a man to make you feel whole and that’s ‘your’ job.
Tricia: “I felt like I was spinning my wheels, and I wasn’t happy. I wanted to take care of my home and my family – that is where my heart really lied.But – I was too busy to be bothered to be what I wanted to be (submissive) – instead I was being what “society” was saying I should be (Dominant).
Submissiveness and dominance has nothing to do with taking care of your family or your state of happiness. This is some old male patriarchy talk that you’ve bought into. A woman can take care of her family, have a loving partnership with her husband without ‘submitting mentally’. She can still have her own mind. Men like to brainwash women into this submissive mindset and to use those terms submissiveness and dominance because it places the men in a ‘power position’ over women. If men think ‘submissiveness is so great, then why don’t they assume that role in relationships and marriages and family? A woman doesn’t have to default to submissiveness anymore than a man defaults to dominance. This is all society gender roles that have been ingrained in women.
Your family fell apart not because of ‘two many chiefs’, but because of lack of the 3 C’s communication, compromise and cooperation. If you’ve run this successful business as you’ve claimed then you should know those are key components to the success of any organization including a family. And a family, a household is an organization that needs those components to be successful. The 3 C’s should come from both man and woman, not one doing all of it and the other not doing anything. You’re the one who ‘doesn’t get it’ and you’ve convinced yourself that your marriage is successful because you have to be ‘bossed’ over (which is what submit means) by your husband. Sooner or later women who put themselves in a position of submissiveness start to resent that. You aren’t a child, you have a brain. Why would you want to be treated as though you have to be ‘told’ and you have no say so? That’s not a healthy partnership.
You talk about caring, honoring and respecting him as a man, well what about his caring honoring and respecting you as a woman. Submit does not in any kind of way mean love, this is just some old stuff you’re telling yourself in order to feel better about letting the man dictate to you. It’s your tradeoff. You get very little voice, while he has final say so and most of the voice. And you think that’s love. Keep fooling yourself. Women don’t need men ‘submitting to them, nor do men need women submitting to them. What they both need is a working partnership with the three ‘C’s.
I agree 100% with tricia. Those are the type of women that would have a healthy long lasting relationship. black women need to be more supportive. I am engaged to a latina women and she treats me like a king and very family oriented and I treat her like my queen and make sure she gets the full attention that she needs. There are no head of household because we both do our part and we work together. I am truly blessed to have her apart of my life.
what you described is a partnership, not submission. Being submissive isn’t needed because as a team you two work together and support each other. I’m confused as to why you agree with the concept when you have re-defined it as partnership? This crap about black women not being supportive is just that, and generalizing all black women that you don’t know is ridiculous. We can be supportive so stop taking pot shots at us because you have a non-black girlfriend you want to paint as a better woman.
tricia,
How interesting that you chose to capitalize the word “Man,” but not “woman.” Or did someone else make that choice for you?
Looik, ladies, it’s very, very simple. it’s my house, I own it. I’m the one that paid for it with my money.
It’s my money. I’m the one who worked for it, not you. Therefore I make the rules. If you want to be in MY house, you follow my rules. It’s a privelage for you to be in my house, so don’t ever forget that.
If you want to stay in my house, you put my needs and desires first, ok? You DON’T rearrainge my house to suit you, you DON’T tell me what to do in MY house. Show a little gratitude, ok? Remember, you can always be replaced by a younger, hotter model at any given time. I worked very hard to get where I am and what I’ve got, and no one is going to tell me what to do with it.
My brotha, you need therapy. I hope with all seriousness that these are not your true thoughts and feelings. You must have fell and bumped your head several times and I mean several times.
Reread what you wrote and then come back to it and try that again. If you can’t figure it out…you lack so much respect for yourself. Low self esteem!
I’m on the fence with this one. Althought I agree the video messenger is using the wrong word, i understand where she is trying to go with it. Sidebar…I wear heels when I clean house. I’ve been doing it since I was 17…it’s fun and I do it for myself. I enjoy my sexuality whenever I can. …
Ok with that said, there is power in a woman’s sexuality, in her softness, in her ability to listen, nurture, persuade, be firm yet gentle. There’s great power in her tenderness. Often I hear people taking these delicate qualities and mistaking them for subservient behavior.
I look at relationships like I look at business sometimes. Sometimes there’s a need for someone to make an executive decision minus other input and sometimes there’s a need for partnership and collaboration. Neither way can sustain without respect for the other party(ies) involved.
I have heard for a long time I need to let a man be a man. It took me a very long time to grasp that. I finally realized a few things… A real man, confident man won’t have this kind of power struggle with me. I will feel no need to assert myself or to take control over every situation because he will do what he needs to prove he is an equal partner. I will be confident in allowing him to take the wheel at times. He will be mindful and attentive, just as I will. We together will take care of each other’s needs, protect each other however the moment assigns it. I will allow him to show me he cares through his tradition (opening up doors, walking on the outside, whatever it may be) and I will allow myself and find pleasure in showing him I care through my own tradition…be it cooking, cleaning, or bringing home the bacon, or whatever.
I’m laughing as I type this because my current relationship to an outside person seems very “submissive”. Yet i’m empowered because I know what it took to get to where we are. I am not the arguing type, I am not the jump through hoops to show you what I have to offer type. I don’t need to roar to make a statement. After walking out on him with no words…he came to realize I was not being meek or passive but baskin in my feminity and requiring him to appreciate and honor the very thing I love about being a female. I can list all the things he does for me and I do for him that to an outsider would make me look rather weak and incapable of taking care of myself. That’s fine… but I think the word she needs use is “love”. Love is a selfless act. It looks like submission but it’s far more powerful.
We’re here to benefit one another… I am not a fan of the “I am woman, hear me roar” mantra nor the infamous “i’m a grown ass man”. Within both lies the need to control, the feeling of inferiority, and much room for personal growth.
Amen, love your style. Could not of express or said it better myself..
oh and I am not a holy roller nor big in the church. I am a man who handles his business before anybody starts typing hateful messages.
The only part I do not agree with in this article is the underlying tones of where men are beneath women in everything except physical strength. There are men who have it together and doing the right things just as there are women who do not have anything on the ball at all. The points of the article to me are more on what you believe but this underlying issue of women being that much better than men just because a few men screw up is unacceptable to me.
Why is it that men try to take over a conversation that is about women? This is not about you, but since you wrote let me respond. Women are indeed stronger than men. The infant mortality rate for males is higher than females. Women live longer than men. Women are better than men.
Men know it too which is why in their envy they try to squelch women at every opportunity and beat them into submission with words, quotes from some book, or their fists. Women don’t do that, which also makes women better than men. Of course not every single person in the world fits the description, that should go without saying. For you to assume a defensive posture and even comment on something so obvious is rather goofy don’t you think?
Wow, Deborrah. This makes me lose any respect I might of had for you. Both genders can be strong. If you base your views on sexism and hate, then everything that comes from you is poison.
Obviously you are one of those people that thinks women should be submissive to men. Otherwise you would not be so huffy about my opinion on the matter. We all converse here and have a wide variety of opinions, as is common on the Internet. I will never agree with anything that has men believing they are superior to women for ANY reason. Now if you lose respect for that, have at it. This website is visited by hundreds of thousands of people per month. Nothing they read here is going to make everyone happy, I can guarantee you that!!! But I don’t worry about pleasing other people. It’s my site and I write to please myself. I don’t know you so I could not, even if I tried, care less than I do right now about your thoughts on the matter.
Submission means ’embracing the traditional roles of women in a relationship?!?’ OK – I stopped the video at that. Enuf said. I’ve heard all that I need to hear of her and it didn’t take 60 seconds.
I just stumbled on this site from a link on a message board. First – Thank you Deborah for such a well written piece – it was the only reason I clicked on that video (to reference your article) although admittedly I couldn’t stomach much of the video. It’s good to know that I’m not the only woman who’s skin crawls when hearing the word ‘submission.’
I JUST broke up with a man who claimed “I had an opinion for everything.” His words were, ‘if I wanted us to work I need to let him have the final word ALL THE TIME, let him ‘be the man, and stop being so ‘opinionated.’ Although I’m a very spiritual person I have not (since my adult life) been into organized religion for the simple fact that women have very little voice and are relegated to the background. That was also a thorn of contention between he and I. He felt if I attended church or mosque (he went back and forth from one to the other) that I would know my ‘place’ more.
He got to the point where he disliked my friendship with a mutual male friend. Now to put our friendship in perspective this man (he now disliked) has always introduced me as his sister, and was the very same man who introduced us. There has NEVER, EVER been anything but friendship between us – as I am friends with both he and his wife. But all of the sudden my new man didn’t like me talking to any other men, especially the one who introduced us. Insecure much?!?! (Control issue #1)
He expected me to call him the moment I walked through the door at work – even when I explained I had morning meetings with my boss. I said, I could call you once I get settled and after our meeting (which take about 10-15 minutes) – but that wasn’t enough. He wanted me to check-in with him instantly. (Control issue #2)
I walk, almost daily, at a par course that I’ve walked at for almost 15 years. It is safe, open, and to my knowledge there has never been any violence at this spot. Now all of the sudden my new man has to drive me to this course and each time I round the corner he wants me to acknowledge him as he sits in the car. The moment he doesn’t see me come around the corner the arguments start when I get in the car. Didn’t I tell you to wave at me when you came by!!! I explained over and over again, I don’t need you to follow me every step I make. Nor am I a child that needs to report to you each time I circle the course. Now this was not about safety by any means – it was about me following his rules. If he was that concerned about my safety he would have walked with me. (Control issue #3)
When I came home from work he expected me to ‘check-in’ with him. If I didn’t there was another argument. Yet this same man went home (DC) for the weekend without even telling me, because he was yet again mad at some opinion I had before he left. So although I have to give him play by play of my every movement, in his mind it was perfectly OK for him to leave the state without telling me (Control issue #4)
At first I didn’t mind his input on what I wore. Then it got to the point when we went out that he would lay my clothes out for me. If I selected another item – he’d complain about what I chose. (Control issue #5)
He constantly threw up in my face how the female members of his mosque complained that we were ‘sinning’ because they assumed we were having sex outside of marriage. So to avoid these embarrassing discussions with the members of his faith, he repeatedly told folks we were ‘engaged’ and that I would soon join his church/mosque. WE never discussed marriage. He said we would get married, but WE never discussed marriage. We had too many issues in my book to even consider marriage – yet HE decided to tell folks we were engaged (Control issue – ah, I’m loosing count there were so many control issues!)
It got to the point where we couldn’t maintain a normal conversation. What I consider ‘conversing’ he considered me being overly opinionated. Why don’t you just let me have the last word sometimes – you always have to have some thing to say. I’m like – we’re just discussing things – we aren’t arguing. This is what normal folks call ‘talking.’
If I made a suggestion as to where to take my car for repair, he’d drive it to a completely different spot – just to go against what I asked. Was he paying for the service – naw. And he would lead me to believe that he was taking it where I asked. Heaven forbid I know of a better spot than he did.
I have a house, and he rented his place – yet after meeting his minister this man informed my ‘man’ that I was a very independent sistah who would probably never sell my house to marry him. And in the eyes of the minister it was the man who should own the house. We argued about that constantly. “I know you’ll never sell your house!” Why would I sell my house?!?!? You have none – so it’s not like I could move in with him. Tho, I love my house and even if he had a house, I wouldn’t jump to move in with him. And in my opinion this was a moot point because he rented and didn’t own. WTF do I look like giving up my home on the hopes that one day he could purchase a home for us?!? The fact that I was doing something on my own bothered him to no end.
Before we separated I told him – since you spend so much time with ministers, you need to find you a church woman. One that you can control. One that has no opinion. One that needs your permission on how to dress, where to go, who to talk to, and how long to stay. Why try to convert me when your church is full of women begging to be controlled?
It’s amazing now that what he claimed attracted him to me was my strength and intelligence, yet within a matter of months those same ‘qualities’ became something that drove him crazy.
He really fooled me. He seemed so balanced in the beginning. We often spoke of what we could do ‘together’ – yet the more time we spent together the more I realized he was looking for a robot that he could wind up on command. Some one that needed to be directed on every aspect of her life. One that lived to submit.
A healthy relationship is about what TWO individuals can do together. It’s certainly not about one aimlessly following another without question. I was NOT threatened about what he accomplished and I truly resented him being so controlling and threatened about what I have done.
So he’s gone now – and thank the Lord (his and mine). I pray that he has found that woman that he can lead around and never tries to contact me or enter my life again. The world is full of plenty of women who pray for a man like him. To me he was a nightmare that couldn’t tolerate any independent thought or action from a woman.
Me – I’m fine! I know I’ll have no problem finding a real, confident brotha that will appreciate all I have to offer. A man that doesn’t believe my strength is his weakness. Someone who is looking for a healthy union.
Thanks for writing this. I am an ‘ex’ holy roller, so believe me when I say you are right on! Women birth the world. We GIVE BIRTH to men. How on earth can we be inferior? Please wake up brothers. Our ancestors were MADE to submit to the white man’s religion, and he really created a monster! QUESTION these beliefs that were beaten into our ancestor’s heads. YOU HAVE A CHOICE.
We black women do have the money, the education, and the strength. Why on earth would we submit to men who don’t have it together? I can tell you from experience that 90%of men don’t. I am sure some ill evolved brother will come with: “that’s why you ain’t got no man!” “ain’t no man gonna want you”. Whatever. Understand that we women have choices, its not just you. Why not make yourselves into something desirable ? We need more than just a d**k. We need the whole package too!
I do not hate black men–I love them! The smart ones will know that what this sister is saying has a lot of merit.
Peace!
Tell it Ginae!!!
The author of this blog sounds like a very rebellious sinful woman. Your life is not about what you want but what God has ordained. You will submit in this life or the next, under the mighty hand of God the Father of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ or you will submit to satan, period. The reason why our world is in Sin is because of women who had the thought pattern of Eve to disobey and rebel. You need to repent of your Sins and ask God to forgive you.
How do you know what God has ordained for me? You Holy Roller types think you know every damn thing and always want to tell other people what to do. If I am rebellious (which is exactly the way I am), then it means God made me this way. I would venture to say that I am on a mission from God to wake Black women and men that willingly follow false prophets and live their lives as meek, silly little sheep up. No good can ever come to the Black Americans in this country if they are always following, making decisions for their lives based on fear, and don’t think for themselves.
You all sit up in church wasting your time, listening to that drivel spoken from crazy people that claimed they got “touched” and now have the right ear of God. Half them fools were in prison or slinging rocks 5 years ago but now they are your spiritual leader? Yeah ok.
The bible was written by men to suit the purposes of men. The collective female pain-body reflects millenia of female oppression. According to the bible, which was written by men, we are predestined for Heaven or Hell (you might consult the book of Romans, Chapter 9). This predestination would include “Adam and Eve” and their supposed “choosing” to “sin.” The fact is, the bible, which was written by men, makes it clear that it was “God” “Himself” who created sin, as well as created “the Devil.”
According to the bible, which was written by men, not only are we born sinful, but we are even sinful in the womb. And according to the bible, which was written by men, “the wages of sin is death” (i.e. everlasting doom in an eternal furnace). Quite a monstrous fate when one considers miscarriages, still births, infant deaths, and the death of young children.
The problem with subscribing to any man-made religion (and a more accurate description would be “political system”) as an unquestionable dogma, is one must accept all of it; not pick and choose. Oh wait! I know! Quick! Somebody find an “age of accountability” scripture! Surely we can reinterpret SOMETHING so we don’t have to send our kiddies to Hell!! Sadly, there is no such scripture. Hmmmmmmmm.
BTW, yes, I am fully aware that this is a discussion about “submission,” but I think I made my point about dragging the “good book” into it
Oh, and BTW. My family first purchased land here in the state of Texas in 1873, and we’ve never left. My family was country before country was cool. I was born with a coffee can of lard in one hand and a cast iron skillet in the other hand, and I guarantee you that my flat-footed ass could outcook Stilletto Girl by the time I was 13. Fellas, if your lady is teetering around your kitchen in heels, check your garbage can. That’s where you’ll find the receipt for all that food she just put on the table.
One thing about single black women – we seem to have a LOT of money, and we’re willing to throw it away to anybody who will tell us what’s ‘wrong’ with us. Shanel pulls double duty: not only does she sell the whole “submission” package (which gets props from the fellas), she wraps it in a package that makes it enticing to black women by appealing to our femininity, something the mainstream (read: white) media never does when addressing women of color. Very impressive – too bad it’s bunk. You know who wears stilettos in the kitchen? Women who can’t cook and are trying too damn hard, that’s who. Raz hit it dead on this head – she’s Sarah Palin in (fake) Louboutins.
Submit, if that’s your thing and it works for you, but stop trying to tell scores of other women that they’re wrong for not doing so. And it’s interesting that Shanel never really talks about her mate – I can’t ever seem to find a straight answer to whether she’s married – like REALLY married, with a certificate and what – or not.
What gets me is how much like sheep people are. Judging from the comments on her Youtube video page, many men and women believe this stuff from this woman’s mouth just because ‘she said it’. Here she is a cosmotologist. (not that there is anything wrong with that) but I doubt seriously she’s had any type of higher education or varied experience that gives her credibility to talk this noise she’s talking. She seems like she’s not too far removed from being a newly wed and probably not even 30 yet spouting all of this nonsence as if it was the gospel. What does she know? Yet people buy into what she’s saying. Now I see the Sarah Palin phenomenon in effect. If someone is reasonably attractive, and charismatic , they too can be a ‘used car salesman and sell, sand in the desert.
This lady is idealistic probably hasn’t been married all that long. I checked out her other videos on Youtube and they are all aimed at ‘serving that man’ keeping him happy. She has a few videos where she puts down women yet she says she is empowering them. She’s promoting her book “Stilettos in the Kitchen”. While I applaud her entrepreneurial endeavors, I think she has things backwards. Women are put on pedastals, not men. She acts as though she is soo glad to be married, she will walk through hell in a gasoline suit for her man. Heaven forbid if she loses her looks or he cheats on her, she’ll lose her freaking mind, take off that stiletto and imbed it upside his head. Especially since she has raised this dude up so far in her mind, while subsequently mentally putting herself below him. Never do that!!
Even our President of the U.S. has his wife on a pedestal and she has often said in interviews, before he became President when he was running and when he was a Senator, that he still had chores to do in the house. She kept his feet on the ground by reminding him, that he is not above her. President Obama worships his wife for who she is as a woman and not because she brought him a plate of food wearing Stilettos. (I doubt she even wears heels as tall as she is LOL) But First Lady Michelle is a successful smart Ivy league grad attorney and successful, intelligent and accomplished in her own right. She didn’t need Obama to make her into the woman she is today, she was already that women.
I look at my own sister as inspiration. Her husband is what I call a traditional man. He was the bread winner in the family for years. My sister worked when she wanted and kept her own bank account and still does. He has his, and she has hers. He is the one who cooks in the home because he is an excellent cook and took professional cooking courses. When they have family get togethers he is the one who does all of the cooking. He can burn in the kitchen and he loves to cook too. He is also an all around handy man so guess who does the refurbishing and decorating in their home? He does. He is all man where it counts too. He doesn’t expect my sister to be some docile subservient woman towards him. When my sister needs some time out to take a hot bubble bath soak, she can do that and rest assured that dinner will be on the tablee. BTW, they’ve been married for over 20 years!
When he met my sister, she was attending a community college and he was knocking about working in a custodial position. Yet he saw my sister, who was friends with his sister who was also taking classes at that college. He wanted a chance with my sister, but he knew before he approached her, that he needed to get his act together. He did, He went on to school, joined the military before he approached her. In other words he ‘manned up’. He had my sister on a pedastal. She was someone he felt he had to ‘step up his game’ in order to win her. This is as it should be. So far, they’ve had a successful marriage (no bed of roses what marriage is), raised their children and they are blessed. Good Lord willing I hope it continues.
When women start defining their worthiness by a man, and when they marry that man and start embracing a subservient attitude, that is when they go into doormat mode. Men don’t find this attractive just as women don’t find henpecked men attractive. You can wear all the stilettos and tight leggings you want, while serving him a 5 course meal, but if he doesn’t find you mentally stimulating, if he doesn’t find you fascinating, you won’t hold his interest. He’ll take what you have to offer and go be around someone who engrosses him. You can’t ‘serve’ your way into a man’s heart and once you get him and you can’t continue to serve your way into keeping him. You become his ‘servant’ not his companion, not his wife. A man loves you for you regardless.
This woman doesn’t seem to get that. She strikes me as someone who ‘maybe married up’ and she is so grateful that her ‘man’ chose her that she is out to teach all the rest of us women just what we need to do and just how we need to be in order to ‘get and keep a man’.
She’s got a lot to learn. Life will be her teacher, give it a few years. Let’s see how much she’ll be into being ‘servant girl with her hubby when the kids come, and he is still expecting ‘king of the hill treatment’ and now she’s got to divide her time between him and the babies. ‘Kings’ don’t like to have their time and attention taken from them even by their own offspring especially once a woman ‘trains’ them to be a certain way. I hope she has a successful marriage but this mindset of hers is not what we should be teaching our young girls out there.
I don’t get why the woman in the video seems to believe that women cannot love, be good moms, nor create a good home, without submitting. She is flat wrong.
What man wants to come home after a hard day at work and have someone dump on him? Not me, that’s for sure. when I come home, I want to be met by a woman who respects me, and is happy to see me. The house is tidy and dinner is ready. Maybe she meets me at the door with a smile and a great big hug because she missed me while I was at work. She, of course, does not work, she keeps the house.
What on earth is there in marriage for men these days? Why should we marry you? What do you have to offer? I make enough money. My wife won’t have to work, and she won’t. If taking care of me isn’t her top priority, why should I keep her around? Do you wonder why so many American men are going overseas to find wives? Because American women all seem to think that the way to treat a man is to treat him like a child or an animal. Only in America. there is no other country on earth where women treat their men as badly as y’all do. It’s why the divorce rate is so high here.
Remember, a man can always find another woman to replace you, and she’ll be younger, hotter, and treat him better. You’ll just get old, and the older you get, the less desirable you are. And if you have kids? forget it. You’ll never find a quality man after you’ve cranked out carbon copies of yourself. So, screw around all you want, have as many babies with as many losers that you want. You’ll never get access to my bank accounts.
Will: “What on earth is there in marriage for men these days? Why should we marry you? What do you have to offer? I make enough money. My wife won’t have to work, and she won’t. If taking care of me isn’t her top priority, why should I keep her around? Do you wonder why so many American men are going overseas to find wives? Because American women all seem to think that the way to treat a man is to treat him like a child or an animal. Only in America. there is no other country on earth where women treat their men as badly as y’all do. It’s why the divorce rate is so high here.”
Will give it a rest, women make money own homes, can have babies and don’t need marriage either. By all means go oversees and get some woman desperate to come to America to be your wife. Trust American women could give less than a dayum. The real question is what is in it for women to marry these days? What do you have to offer besides some dyck now and then and a woman doesn’t need to marry you for that. You act like it’s 1940 instead of 2010 where women are outearning men, better educated than men and holding their own. You act like a woman should be honored to sit at home, fix you dinner and ‘not work’. Give up her career and her life just to cater to you. Pluueeze!
agree with will 100% finally a real man speaking the truth
Deborrah, this was a very well put article from obviously a well educated and eloquent woman of inner strength. Thank you for allowing me to be a part of your wonderful empowerment! I am sure that every woman who reads your article(s) will take something away for herself. I do believe that EVERY woman should have and always maintain the ability to stand on her own so that IF something were to happen, whatever that may be, she always has an option. Man or woman, the moment we start telling ourselves we can’t do any better (whether in a relationship or in ANY aspect of life), we can’t. This word should be erradicated from our vocabulary as we constantly pursue our dreams. Any decent man will be supportive of that.
I hope this chick in that video reads this extraordinary article. It’s too bad that women like her continue to kowtow to men and spread destructive messages such as this. She does it as if she knows what she is talking about and then has the nerve to say she is saying this tripe in order to empower women?!! WTH??
First of all she needs to fully understand the definition of the word ‘submit’ and the connotations this word implies. She is using the ‘wrong’ word trying to talk about how healthy relationships should work and about women’s empowerment. Women’s empowerment has nothing to do with the word “submit”. Submit means to accept someone else’s authority to bend under pressure, to yield. It alludes to something being conquered the word itself is not the appropriate word that should be used if she wants to talk about a healthy relationship and what men and women need to do to work together in order to run a happy home.
Men need to step up to the plate. Women could be in a ‘traditional role if they had ‘traditional men, but we have these punk azz men ditching out on women and kids so now women have to be mother, father everything and she wants to talk about submissive? Give me a break.
She talks with such conviction but any psychologist would destroy her because she is misusing that word. The context in which she uses the word submissive in order to promote a healthy relationship is just wrong! She’s talking submission in order to empower women? Isn’t that an oxymoronic idea?
A submit means to yield (and most times it’s unwillingly) a healthy relationship isn’t about someone yielding and someone conquering. A healthy relationship isn’t about yielding one’s will and becoming some mindless drone who empowers their partner while they have no power, no say so in a relationship.
A healthy relationship is built on two partners working together for the betterment of the relationship/family etc while respecting and accepting and valuing the other person’s mind, thoughts, ideas, opinions and whatever else they bring to the table. Don’t come at me talking about no submit, when you don’t even fully understand what the word means or how to use it in the proper context.
Darn, idiots trying to talk like they know what they are talking about and merely talking noise.
This is one of the best articles I’ve read in a long time. You are such an inspiring writer Deborrah!! Thank you for the boost to my confidence. My husband and I are separating and its been a very rough few months. I was accused of not following his lead, even though he started drinking, missing work, and spending money on who knows what. I couldn’t sit by and let him take the kids and me down with him. Reading this helps me know I made the right choice to save myself and our two children. .