ISKCON Social Model

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> The most contentious of these three duties is that of the husband as guide

> for his wife, particularly a spiritual guide. Often the husband is not an

> ideal devotee-he might be only a nominal or mediocre devotee-and so the

> wife is not inclined to take instruction from him. Also, because modern

> women are accustomed to the notion of equality with men, they are not

> inclined to accept even a qualified husband as a guide. Still, the ideal

> is that a husband must become a first-class man, or a brahmana.

 

 

The above is taken from "Iskcon Social Model" sent by Shyamasundara Prabhu.

 

Is it not that the wife must be inferior in all respects to the husband?

Then the marriage may be successful. Like in the story of king Kakudmi who

took great trouble to search out a qualified, or in other words superior,

husband for his daughter. ...or the story of Sita devi, for example. That

is an important aspect to be taken to consideration before a marriage is

arranged.