“1. He completely controls the finances, even money his wife may earn, and gives her a weekly allowance for groceries, clothing and things that she or the children may need.”
You’re right. That’s not controlling. That’s sponging. If you take control of all the finances, YOU can budget for groceries, clothing, and things the family needs. Get your lazy, self-centered, incompetent ass to the grocery store and decide if you want to eat the cheaper cuts or the decent cuts.
“2. He sets the discipline polices and rules for the children.”
You’d better be the one that enforces the policies, then. If she doesn’t even get a vote in whether it’s a grounding offense, then make sure the kids KNOW it’s coming from you.
“3. He determines where the family goes to church.”
Because coerced worship is always worth it.
“4. While he allows his wife to express her opinions on all manner of subjects privately with him, he determines the public family opinions on religion and politics.”
And gets mad when other adults call him a Fascist.
“5. He expects his wife to fulfill her duties as a wife, including having sex with him and caring for their home and their children.”
So, a sex slave in the bedroom, a galley slave in the kitchen, and so on.
How can you possibly say all this is NOT controlling. It’s definitively controlling, you just think the bible endorses it.
“6. He expects his wife not to disagree with him in public, but that she will keep her disagreements for private discussions with him. Even when she disagrees in private, he expects her to do so in respectful manner.”
You’re going to wake up one day with a tree pruner where your dick used to be.
“7. He expects his wife to be respectful of other men as well, especially in mixed gender gatherings. He expects that his wife will not correct other men, or be too opinionated in the presence of other men.”
You really, really like the book of Ester, don’t you? Divorcing a woman because she invented womens’ lib and like that there.
“8. While his wife may be courteous with other men, he expects that his wife will never ever flirt with another man.”
And jealous, too? Why? Who could POSSIBLY fear that someone treating his woman better than he does could turn her head?
“10. While a husband should allow his wife to have lady friends with whom she can share her feelings and have a bond in a way only women can, he also has the right to restrict her from certain women whom he feels are a negative influence on his wife.”
So, barefoot, pregnant, alone, and stupid.