My mother taught us the man was the head of the family, but the woman was the neck, and you could turn him any way you like.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
When I hear traditional family values raised, I hear that effort once again to re-establish the man as head and master of his family. Who had the, not only the right, but the obligation to discipline his wife and children to keep them in line?
That's what my mother did. And my father was the first person she'd met who treated her kindly. She was terrified of men, and she married a very meek, kind, dear man. And she had the upper hand. She ruled the roost.
I'm not accustomed to taking a swing at a woman's head. That's not in my DNA.
I don't think a female running a house is a problem, a broken family. It's perceived as one because of the notion that a head is a man.
My father really was not the dominant person who raised the family, it was my mother who raised the family.
A sensible woman should be guided by her head when taking a husband, and by her heart when taking a lover.
Dad was a very gentle, sweet man. Mum was the matriarch and the patriarch of the family. She ran the roost with a steel fist, but at the same time there was respect and love for her.
My mother taught me to treat a lady respectfully.
I like a woman with a head on her shoulders. I hate necks.
My grandfather was raising me, and in many respects, I was trying to understand what it meant to be a man. He was my role model.