Question: Do most women still want a strong husband who will assume leadership in their home?
Answer: Someone said, "A woman wants a man she can look up to, but one who won't look down on her." That quotation is very old, but it has weathered the Woman's Liberation Movement and is still rather accurate. Again, a woman is usually comfortable in following masculine leadership if her man is loving, gentle, and worthy of her respect.
What Wives Wish Their Husbands Knew About Women
By Dr. James Dobson