" In these cases the wisest course is to remove the contradiction, and permit lower-level entities to determine the appropriate action on a case-by-case basis."

You miss the point of those who advocate WO, Jim. It is not a "case by case" determination based on varied circumstances. It is the "liberation of women" from the slavery they have been under by way of male headship.

They never consider WO an exception to the rule based on some unique circumstance. For them, there is no such rule to make an exception to. So many people fail to define the problem, and then give a bogus solution that would not be acceptable to either side who actually understand what the real issue is all about.

Male headship is not negotiable in principle. In a world of sin, there could possibly be an exception to the rule, such as, when a woman's husband dies, she is head of the home. This does not negate the rule as those who advocate WO want to do.