I think the statement means that women should not take jobs outside the home unless it is necessary and the husband approves. I'm sure it doesn't mean we can't run to the mall without DH's permission! I know that sounds terribly retro...but you'd be surprised how many women, in many faiths, follow that advice.
Hermann was posting from the Roman Catechism, and it does mean what it says.
I recently stumbled across something that I found very inspiring in this regard: the book "Wife, Mother and Mystic" about the life of Blessed Anna Maria Taigi. She lived in the early 19th century, and possessed absolutely phenomenal supernatural powers. She was consulted by the pope on an almost daily basis, and yet her first priority was always obedience and service to her husband who was a common laborer. She would chase cardinals out of their apartment when her husband came home so that she could massage his feet after a hard day's work.
I know that sounds terribly retro...but you'd be surprised how many women, in many faiths, follow that advice.
True. We should be inspired by the example of those who have not been given our gifts of grace and yet manage to maintain certain moral standards so much better than Catholics who have been "given much," so that much more is demanded of us.