Biblical Womanhood?

As mentioned before when discussing American bibles there are two major ways of interpreting; an egalitarian view, and a hierarchical view. Enticed by Eden by Linda S. Schearing discusses modern conservative evangelical views of gender hierarchy and the findings have left me feeling rather disturbed. I was aware of the purity balls and the practice of courtship, the eschewing women from careers, but never of the many conventions, the use of Mary Kay, and the most shocking of all; Christian Dominance and Discipline (CDD for short.) CDD is in compliance with conservative evangelical theology and yet seems ironically similar to common BDSM practices.

 The key difference is that instead of spanking for the pleasure of the dominant partner and submissive partner, the spanking is divinely mandated and can only received by the female partner. This allows for much more opportunity for physical and psychological harm since safe words and consent are not considered or allowed since it is believed to be divinely mandated by those who practice it. Although biblical interpretations abound and Christian individuals and denominations disagree with what is changed by the new covenant through Jesus, those who practice CDD argue these practices are congruent with Ephesians 5 (21-33), 1 Corinthians 14:34-35, 1 Timothy 2:11-12 (and most likely 13-15 as well), Titus 2:3-5, 1 Peter 3:1, Romans 13:1,  and Hebrews 13:17.

While Hebrews 13 is the only one to not mention men, women, couples, or positions of power, Kelly, a woman who seems to sincerely enjoy CDD finds this verse “significant” and asserts that men have no real control or authority over their wives if they only control her by her willingly submitting to them. This is the scary part of this; men do not need consent from their wives for anything. Would practitioners of CDD agree that marital rape is apart of their practices?