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>>There you go again! delegating what's best for your daughter to another man, for him to decide. No man is "responsible" for his wife. It's not even in the marriage vows AFAI can remember.
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>We're not? We're not to love, honor and protect? hmmm, I'll go tell my father inlaw that I'm not to protect his daughter. I'm off the hook.

To protect is not to be responsible for. If my partner were attacked by a gang of thugs and I stood by and watched then I'd be failing her. If I tried, but they still got to her, I wouldn't be responsible - THEY would. Similarly, if she said she was going to walk home through the park at night, that would not be my responsibility.

Now I said nothing about loving or honouring. OTOH I think it "dishonours" his daughter to "palm her off" to the next man who wants to take charge care of her
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>>So if he turned to chapter & verse that said you should thrash the wife soundly once a week (and there probably is) you be OK with that?
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>It says to beat your wife?

I dunno!