As with the incident in Lehi-Nephi alluded to above, the pleas of the women are effective. In Mosiah 19:14 the ostensible reason is the beauty of the women. Here the ostensible reason is that the women were really Lamanites. In both cases, however, the essentials are the same. Women plead to surrender, and it is accepted.
The acceptance of the plea of the women in both circumstances binds the males, and the relationship is a formal subordinate position. Apparently, outbreak of bellicose action is not anticipated in either incident. These features of the two parallel situations further suggest that the pleading by women is a formal mode of subjecting one group to another.