To add to speedracer's comments, when discussing this topic it's good to read Ephesians 5:22-33, too. (As with any topic, it's good to read what the entire Bible says to get a more complete picture.)
The Ephesians part says:
"Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything."
Most people stop there and dismiss it because they feel it's anti-woman. But they neglect to keep reading:
"Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. After all, no one ever hated his own body, but he feeds and cares for it, just as Christ does the church— for we are members of his body. "For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh."This is a profound mystery—but I am talking about Christ and the church. However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband."
I would argue the man has the more difficult job: "Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her."
That's not even the point to be made though, it's about both submitting to each other, and in turn having the "couple" the "group of one" then submitting to Christ.
"However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband."
My wife and I happen to be in our pastor's small group and we did a study on marriage last year. It was incredible. One of the things we touched on was women like the romance and like to feel like they're the princess. They like the devotion and attention. Men like to be the hero, so we appreciate respect. My wife and I see that last quote from the section in Ephesians as a version of that.