This thread is heading in a direction of those preaching male dominance and frank chauvinism, with retorts that draw attention to the virtuosity that is granted to the female. My earlier comment is that the Torah is not chauvinistic at all. Hashem simply delegated certain roles to the male and others to the female, and made their creation such that they complement and complete each other. Once a marriage is turned into one of dominance and servitude, it ceases to be a marriage, and deteriorates into that of master and slave. This is not only opposite of Torah goals, but the individuals involved will lead lives of misery. There is nothing spiritual in that relationship.
If the comments move into the debate about the dominance stuff, I will respectfully ask the moderator to close the thread and even remove it. It would not be an educated discussion with a purpose other than to battle for victory on a blog. Someone must set some higher goals in their life than to stoop to that level.