Submission clearly involves respect. She respected the council of her husband. Submission demands respect on the part of both husband and wife. The husband needs to respect the wife to the point that he wouldn’t make demands that were not in concert with love and support. Biblical submission does not portend to derision or abuse but more of respect for ones partner. I would submit that Biblical submission does indeed mean respect.
If only the Christians, historically, in the past centuries had interpreted ‘submission’ to be the same as ‘respect’....
It is no different than asking a muslim if shari’a law supersedes civil and criminal law of the USA.
These questions merit asking. Christians are not exempt from questions, especially after proclaiming a ‘stance’ publicly. Either they stand by them or not, no waffling or reinterpretation.
By the way...did the ‘slave’ do what the master told him to (regardless of how demeaning) from submission or respect?
Think about it.
Submission requires, much, much more than respect and establishes the husband as the head of the house. Submission involves respect, but it is only the beginning.