Constanza Miriano takes part in a conference addressing “The depiction of fathers in TV series”, April 2013. Photo by lafiguradelpadre Congreso, under license to CC BY 2.0 Nuevo Inicio, the publishing house belonging to the Archbishop of Granada, Spain, has put out a new book entitled “Get married and be submissive”. The book, by the Italian author Constanza Miriano, is introduced on the publisher's website with these words: …ahora es el momento de aprender la obediencia leal y generosa, la sumisión. now is the time to learn faithful and generous obedience, to be submissive. Constanza Miriano, journalist and married mother of four, first published the book in Italy in February 2011, where it sold 70 000 copies. On her blog, the author asserts: el hombre debe encarnar la guía, la regla, la autoridad. La mujer debe salir de la lógica de la emancipación y abrazar con júbilo el rol de la hospitalidad y del servicio men should embody guidance, rules, authority. Women should abandon the rhetoric of emancipation and joyfully embrace their role as attendants and caregivers. Constanza Miriano is inspired by the words of Saint Paul to the Ephesians, “Women, submit yourselves to your husbands.” In an interview published by Religión en Libertad, Miriano made the following statements: San Pablo nos recuerda que a las mujeres nos gusta controlarlo todo, decir la última palabra, manipular por detrás. Ser sumisas significa, literalmente, estar por debajo para ser el apoyo de todos los miembros de la familia, para acompañar a los más débiles. Es una cualidad propiamente femenina, a pesar de lo que diga la revolución feminista. Saint Paul reminds us that women like to control everything, have the last work, manipulate from behind. To be submissive means, literally, to be below in order to support all the members of the family, to accompany the weakest members. It is an intrinsically female quality, despite what the feminist revolution might say. Although the book was published in Spain in July 2013, it came to the public's attention on 9 November when several news websites mentioned it. On Twitter, the words and phrases “Archbishop”, “submissive” and “get married” were trending topics throughout the day. Netizens harshly criticized the Archbishop's initiative with comments such as, “it makes me cringe“, “It's not the 12th century, no, it's Spain in the 21st” or “outdated and unpleasant.” El arzobispado de Granada a la moda. Que 50 sombras de Grey no sea el único éxito del mercado http://t.co/GlIQDea8Sn pic.twitter.com/9C0KNsI83r — Fran Martínez (@_FranciscoDavid) November 10, 2013 The Archbishop in tune with the times. Hoping 50 Shades of Grey isn't the only blockbuster http://t.co/GlIQDea8Sn pic.twitter.com/9C0KNsI83r — Fran Martínez (@_FranciscoDavid) November 10, 2013 Marca la X en la casilla d la Iglesia para q el Arzobispado d Granada edite un libro q enseña a la mujer a ser sumisa http://t.co/zNteLmna14 — Guille #SiSePuede (@itoguille) November 9, 2013 Tick off the box marked church so the Archbishop of Granada can publish a book that teaches women to be submissive http://t.co/zNteLmna14 — Guille #SiSePuede (@itoguille) November 9, 2013 Many tweets accused the Church of having anachronistic ideas: “Cásate y sé sumisa”?????? esta iglesia no avanza con la vida, se arrastra x ella. — Yolanda (@yolisanca) November 9, 2013 “Get married and be submissive”?????? this church isn't moving ahead with life, it's being dragged along by it.