He Said I Should Not Marry Because ‘I Won’t Submit’ to My Husband

Modern women want to submit to their husbands, but here is why they won’t.

Jessey Anthony
6 min readNov 21, 2023
Why Modern Women Won’t Submit to Men
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I’ve been told that I’m incapable of submitting to a man so many times that it has become a broken record.

The first time a guy said that to me, he got mad that I wasn’t offended. The fact that I agreed with what he said infuriated him more than when I said men were to submit to their wives as women do.

In all my relationships including the casual ones, I’ve always found myself leaning towards the man’s guidance. I easily get turned off if I’m the one leading the conversation or relationship. Being the dominant partner doesn’t appeal to me.

Frankly, I can’t marry a man I won’t submit to, who won’t provide the environment for me to submit and who won’t submit to me. Submission comes naturally to me despite having some horrible experiences with toxic men.

The topic of submission is a serious matter that has destroyed many relationships and still will if we don’t do something to break the cycle. Modern dating culture is so superficial that most people have decided to quit dating.

I get obnoxious at the mention of a first date. I watched a TikTok video of a guy (about 27 years old) shaming…

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Jessey Anthony

Motivational speaker, fitness enthusiast, and self-improvement nerd. See how I stay fit and confident: bit.ly/3j0Lm9Z