"Are these folk living in the Dark Ages?"

Ahhh... yeah. Sad innit?

If the shoe fits... ya oughta be kicked in the arse with it.

Although, let's get sommat straight eh? Submitting to the marriage and forsaking ALL OTHERS has it's place... it is a contract in which to be totally devoted to each other and the children. In that alone, "submission" to doing right by your spouse and your children is right as rain. I don't see how anyone can argue otherwise. Submitting to a spouse carte blanche isn't what I believe is meant by the vows but interpretation is in the mind of vower.