"To a woman, says the Rambam, her life has as much value as she feels she's worth to her husband. When her husband honors her, he shows that she is valuable to him. A wife is not a chavrusa, G-d forbid. It can cause a lot of trouble if you think in those terms - that sometimes you're right and sometimes she's right.
No! Whatever a wife does is good and nice, and if you scold her and take that feeling of importance away from her, you've robbed her of her life."
The Golden Rule in Marriage by Rabbi Mendel Kaplan z''tl
excerpt from Reb Mendel and His Wisdom - artscroll (page 173)
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