Congressman writes memoir in which he states that "The wife is to voluntarily submit" to the husband. Did I mention that he is a Republican?

Courtesy of The Washington Post:  

A Republican member of Congress says in a recently released book that a wife is to "voluntarily submit" to her husband, but that it doesn't make her inferior to him. 

Rep. Steve Pearce's (R-N.M.) memoir, "Just Fly the Plane, Stupid!" was released last month. Its publication -- and his acknowledgment in the book of the controversial nature of the submission debate -- come as the Republican Party reevaluates how it talks to and about women. 

In the book, Pearce recounts his rise to owning an oil-field service company and winning election to Congress. In the book, the Vietnam War veteran says that both the military chain of command and the family unit need a structure in which everyone plays his or her role. 

He said that, in his family's experience, this meant that his wife, Cynthia, would submit to him and he would lead. 

"The wife is to voluntarily submit, just as the husband is to lovingly lead and sacrifice," he writes, citing the Bible. "The husband’s part is to show up during the times of deep stress, take the leadership role and be accountable for the outcome, blaming no one else." 

Pearce, who is Baptist, emphasizes repeatedly in the chapter that submission doesn't mean inferiority but rather that husbands and wives play different roles. He also says it doesn't mean his wife doesn't have a say in major decisions. 

"The wife’s submission is not a matter of superior versus inferior; rather, it is self-imposed as a matter of obedience to the Lord and of love for her husband," he writes.

Christianity, helping husbands dominate their wives for over 2000 years. 

No wonder the Republicans fight so hard against raising the minimum wage and allowing women to have control over their own bodies, that might give those second class citizens the idea that they don't need a man in their life paying their bills and telling them what to do.