Dave

Thanks for the reply Charis.

In 379 you said that wives were vulnerable to their husbands.
In 380 I asked how eros makes the wife vulnerable.
In 388 you respond to me by referring to asymetry in relationships because they get pregnant.

I cannot understand how the wife being the one who gets pregnant makes her vulnerable. Please understand, I am not saying some societies and cultures do not prey on pregnant women or that being a single mum is not more difficult than being a single man. But how, in an eros relationship (i.e. a LOVE relationship) can one be more vulnerable? You have not answered this. Your link in your next comment to me did not answer this question either.

1 Cor 11:11 suggests that we are interdependant – even in marriage!