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What do you think of this question: "Should a man be the head of the house?"

I know what most men think about it. They have been trained for thousands of years to be the head of the house. Woman has been largely an appendage to a man or a household, so far as authority was concerned. At least, that has been the theory.

Actually we know in fact that many women have ruled the house with an iron hand. The name hen-pecked husband has a meaning all its own to many a man.

My own idea of marriage is that both should rule, in their own way and in their own departments.

There should be no opposition or conflict of authority. It is not enough for a man to scream, "I'm the head of this house. What I say goes." The basis of true marriage is love. Where love exists it should govern, and it should govern both the husband and the wife. The husband should listen to the woman's