Culturally, women's feelings didn't matter, so that point is mute.
Culturally, women's feelings didn't matter, so that point is mute.
I believe that the question is ... Do womens' feelings matter Biblically (per the topic of this thread) ?
Does love thy neighbor as thyself ... apply for women too ?
Does Paul's admonition to love your wives ... even as Christ loved the church ... mean that we should care about our wives' feelings ?
Actually they mattered a little bit when the Law was given--Leviticus 18:18, "Do not take your wife's sister as a rival wife and have sexual relations with her while your wife is living." Marrying an unrelated rival wife is not condemned anywhere, though.