I have pointed out that one of the Illiad heroes had to ask his wife's permission to give a gift. So lets not pretend wives were submissives in 1300 BC. It has only got worse.
It is more traditional that the home is the domain of the wife and the external is the domain of the husband. Generally I think guys and gals find their own level pretty quickly in who is good at what.
It is different when it is a conflict on what each other wants to do. It can be a straight out power struggle.
One time my girlfriend & I had a public power struggle. One of her friends said to the other friends "Now we'll see who wears the pants". Girls seem to get off on seeing who wears the pants and find it funny when the girl is put in her place by boyfriend/husband. They inherently have a deep respect for men who won't tolerate crap and semi salivate over it.
My last relationship we were equal, I was more stubborn she was more fiesty so it cancelled each other out well. We'd both actively seek approaches we both liked so it never lead to conflict, just proper negotiation and moving forward.
@EmmaMary Lol, I don't even know you why would I give you a vote of confidence? I'm simply looking at the numbers and sharing them w/ you do with them what you will. Marriages where women are taking on equal financial burdens rarely last that's a statistical fact.
but she can come and demand we are fucking, she can wear the pants if she wants that way (no femdom or such shit but i am not against to lying there and let her do the work)