All men submit

If you don't believe that, just consider the Domliest PIG in the Universe (me) when getting pulled over by the police for speeding:

COP: "Sir, do you know how fast you were going?"

PIG: "Of course I do, but I don't have to tell YOU, you facist bastard!"

Of course, I don't use those exact words.   My exact words are:

"nosir"

This is because in this case, I submit to a higher power - one that has the ability and possibly the desire to beat me senseless with a night stick and maybe put me in a cell with a guy named 'Bubba' who may be bigger, meaner and with a completely flexible sexual orientation.   So, discretion being the better part of valor, it's better to submit.  

How do we explain submissive men ?

OK, let's consider this differently.   In the case above, we see that all men submit to a higher authority.   But we don't LIKE it.   What about the man that willingly submits to a female that presumably he should be genetically wired to dominate.  

Defective Genes ?

In the wild, the quality woman should be looking for a protector - one that will help her protect her genetic investment in the future.   If she picks a weaker man in the hierarchy, her life, her genes and in general her situation are going to be less than if she picked more wisely.   Morever, the weaker man is unlikely to get the best woman and HIS chances of having the superior offspring fall off dramatically as well.   So far in the evolution of mankind, weaker men and women who choose them have been at an evolutionary disadvantage and tend to be 'not a factor' in the success of the species.   Natural Selection.  

This may not be as much of a factor as it was in the past, Mankind has recently taken an active hand in our own evolution, but this IS the way Nature had it arranged.   (read about the future below)

How do we explain Dominant women ?

This isn't nearly as complex.   A woman SHOULD be as strong as she can be in any situation she encounters.   Weakness, for it's own sake, is rarely a good thing.   Women routinely dominate other women and sometimes men in the normal course of life, love, business, etc.   Regardless of a woman's role in any given relationship, the question is, how does she relate when she encounters a male that is stronger?

Again, the genetic imperative for a woman IS to hold out for the strongest man.   Chase away (dominate) those that do not prove 'worthy' of her tremendous genetic prize.   This is why surrender isn't really a choice: TRUE surrender is the giving in to higher power when there is no other choice.   So a Dominant woman that willing surrounds herself with men that are weaker than she, may have made a choice not to expose herself to dangerous situations where she may have to submit, perhaps has simply not come across a man worthy enough to take her submission or possibly is just a bitch (lol THAT was a joke ..   but then ...   maybe not).   In any case, it doesn't rule out the possibility that she may not at some future time.  

Genetically, with the traits of Dominance being tied to strength, combat and struggle where submission is tied to serving, nurturing and caring (tenderness) it may be that Dominant women may not have as strong a caring/nurturing/mothering instinct and therefore may not be the wisest choice for the more fit male's genetic investment.   At best it's a sliding scale where just like the weak MALE may not be fit to be the best provider, there comes a time when the Dominant woman is TOO Dominant for be a good nurturer.   (read about the future below)

So where does that leave us for the future ?

The world that we've constructed around us is very complex.   The proper care of offspring almost requires a 2 parent household because it now takes two parents to generate the income needed to provide the best possible care.   Certainly 2 parent families seem to provide the BEST environment for children.   This puts many women in the traditional role of provider, along with the male (You'd know this if you'd ever considered the difference between YOUR life and that of Ward and June Cleaver) and so ...   what WAS important in the past may NOT be so important now.   A Dominant woman (primary income) with a submissive man (care giver) can still make a good family environment, although the conventional psychological wisdom is that the role reversal is not the IDEAL for the children.   Well recently (VERY recently) mankind has taken an absolute hand in determining the course of our own evolution.   Convenient world travel has made a mixing of cultures and races that had previously evolved separately, so that's gone.   Advancement in medicine has allowed the weaker people who, in wild nature would not have survived, to thrive and pass on their genes, so that's out.  

Did you know that Phoenix, AZ is one of the allergy captiols of the world? A higher number of allergic people per captia are born in Phoenix each year than anywhere else in the USA.   Why? Because for many years, people with allergies were urged to move there to escape the pollens of their native places.   Each one brought all the plants and flora that they were not allergic to, to the detriment of their neighbors who were and now people who themselves are genetically disposed to allergies meet, marry and breed with other people who are disposed to allergies and the result is children that are more susceptible to allergies than you'll find anywhere else in the USA.  

Advances in science have led to far better nutrition than possible for millions of years (people all over the 'advanced' world are getting taller and more robust) and now mankind adapts our surroundings more to suit our needs, therefore less need for natural selection to help pass on only adaptive genes.  

Finally, the opening of the workplace and business to women has allowed them into male dominated worlds ...   but at the price of assuming male-like ROLES.   As of yet, this is change, but NOT evolution - evolution takes thousands of years ..   and THAT will come IF the change enhances the species.  

Perhaps our evolution will now take a path toward the mental aspect rather than the physical.   Or maybe we've flatlined our own evolution and Nature will take a completely different path - starting with the monkeys ....   or maybe some other lower life form, like AOL addicts.  

The next millions years will be really fun to watch.