This world leaves us with the idea that power liberates. True liberation and equality is not found in the pursuit of power. It is found in submission and service. This is true for both men and women. The Bible is not teaching that men should have power over their wives, neither is it teaching that the woman should have power over the husband.
Power only seeks self-interest.
Power is a coercive force, whereas submission is influence and persuasiveness. We should seek to be people of influence through submission. Today's idea that submission is a one way street emasculates the biblical concept of submission. When we speak of submission, we may only think of another person's submission to me. But Paul speaks of the three-way design of God.