Jesus submits to the Father, even when it's hard and confusing. I submit to Jesus, even when it's hard and confusing. A wife is to submit to her husband, even when it's hard and confusing, and so on.
I've seen recently, a study done on the neurological responses to people being administered electrical shocks for either playing a game fairly, or for cheating. Both women and men's brains' empathy centers light up when the fair player gets shocked, but when the cheater gets shocked, the woman's empathy centers light up and the men's do not. In fact, the men's pleasure centers that light up when this perceived "justice" is done.
Women are the helper, and so they don't like "Bad thing" happening to anyone, even if it's justified. This is one of the reasons why I believe Men are to be the head of the household. It's in her nature to feel bad for them, but she's gotta trust you on the justice of the matter or she's not submitting in a biblical context. If she can't/won't, then she's not really fit to be a wife.
Take with a grain of salt - I'm perpetually single.
Edit: Technically I think I committed a heresy there - Jesus wasn't ever "confused."