You are correct I don't need my wife's "permission", BUT in this Western feminist world, I value my wife's opinion, after all, she just might see something I missed.The wife's "permission" is not required.
I'm sorry but Abram did NOT go to Sarai and get permission to take Hagar, she did however...Being a fundamentalist Mormon, I point to the Law of Sarah, which says a man does need his wife's permission.
Genesis 16:1-3 KJV Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar. (2) And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai. (3) And Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife.
In my opinion, any man who whips out the "because I am a man" card is insecure about his manhood. He is not a man, he is just a male. I rule my house by example not by authority. Think of it this way, you are in the workplace and the boss is always whipping out the boss card and just being a pain in everyone's backside. After a while, nobody wants to go the extra mile for him. But a boss who leads, guides, and directs his employees and treats them like they matter, has employees who will go the extra mile for him. He rules by example not by authority.many man use the because I am a man