The Catholic church really doesn't espouse the male dominance, other than only having male priests and telling women they're not allowed to have abortions under any circumstances. Neither men or women are supposed to use contraception. Also, I couldn't even pretend to believe in the idea of a male-dominated household. I've always viewed my marriage as a partnership. And it's not my wife who's the problem.
Christian apologetics is the art of rolling a dog turd in sugar and selling it as a donut.