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Rep. Steve Pearce (R-NM) believes that although a wife is supposed to "voluntarily submit" to her husband, she is not inferior to him, according to the Washington Post. 

"The wife is to voluntarily submit, just as the husband is to lovingly lead and sacrifice," Pearce wrote in a December memoir "Just Fly The Plane, Stupid!" that discusses the Bible. "The husband's part is to show up during the times of deep stress, take the leadership role and be accountable for the outcome, blaming no one else." 

Pearce also writes that while the wife is not inferior, she must nevertheless be obedient to her husband. 

"The wife's submission is not a matter of superior versus inferior; rather, it is self-imposed as a matter of obedience to the Lord and of love for her husband," he said in the book. 

In the book, Pearce criticizes men who "bully their wives and families" based on the Bible passage that says wives should submit to their husbands. 

"Authoritarian control is not given to the husband," he wrote. 

A spokesman for Pearce, Dan Hazelwood, on Wednesday said in a statement to TPM that the congressman's definition of marriage and the role of a wife is more nuanced that what was described in the Washington Post article...