>Of course, "better" is a relative term...what's better to me is obviously not better to you. I'm happy with my life - my wife is happy with her life as well. I really don't see why that offends so many of you.

Why that offends some people is indeed a very tricky and complicated issue, but I will try to give a summary, the way I see it. Three points are especially noteworthy:

1) Despite your assertions about there being a difference between women being subservient to men (or what was the term?) and women being opressed by men - or something to the effect - many still consider this point of view as oppresive against women. The general tendency, nowadays, is to consider women as equal to men - no "buts" and "ifs", and of course no significant exceptions.

2) The fact that it works in your family doesn't mean it will work everywhere. The Bible quotation(s), that women should be subservient to men, may very well be used elsewhere as an excuse for opression.

3) For many people, what the Bible says or doesn't say is quite secondary, especially if it opposes a generally-held belief. (My own point of view is that mankind needs new Holy Scriptures.)