> You don't need to be a genius to understand why some people would prefer to have a submissive partner, rather than someone who stands on an equal foot with them

Why use the world 'people'?
Are there a whole lot of women who want submissive men, just hiding out in a cave somewhere?
Could it be dominance/submission is hard coded into the human consciousness and is not an evil, malignant, social injustice but simply part of a greater gender specialization that propagates the species?

Naw, let's keep lying to ourselves about human nature.