The corresponding scene is between Ransom and Merlin, and ends with Merlin kneeling, rendering honor like a loyal king’s man. There is one horrific scene between Wither and Frost which ends with them in a clinch driven by the lust of mutual animosity, each knowing that at some point a devouring must happen. Anne’s is a staggering hierarchy of masculinity and femininity running all the way up, and with a sexual element included where appropriate. Life at Belbury is one extended orgy of biting and devouring. No one has ever told you that obedience-humility-is an erotic necessity” ( That Hideous Strength). “You do not fail in obedience through lack of love, but have lost love through lack of obedience. Let me deal with this second misconception first with an appeal to my mentor on this subject. Who’s to say? Reading what somebody actually wrote is so tedious. Maybe I had come out in favor of corporal kinky punishment for wives. In the other peanut gallery, a discussion broke out on Facebook over my statement that submission was an erotic necessity, running along the “shades of 50 shades!” line. Upon returning, I axed one comment for being abusive, and spent some time meditating on how to respond to the suggestion that had broken out in my comment thread that I was something of a closet feminist because of my failure to come right out in support of corporal punishment for wives. But then Sunday after church, Nancy and I bolted for the Oregon coast, where we spent a very pleasant time looking at the sun go down, walking the beach, sitting on the beach, finding a place for lunch. I wrote the post last week, and scheduled it to appear Monday morning. But there would be some elements of truth in such a hazarded guess nonetheless. It would not be exactly accurate to say that I posted my 21 theses on submission in marriage and then skipped town.
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