While I agree that during every situation one or the other must take charge and "handle it", there is no absolute answer to the age old puzzle of just who wears the pants if you get down to brass tax.
Like Tony said, some people are perfectly happy with being "whipped" while some others would rather hit their balls with a rubber hammer than to ACT "whipped". Men have to be men and women have to be women, no doubt about that in my book, but you also can't treat REAL women like they're animals either. Hate to tell yall, but even submissive women will stick it to you, in the back if they have to but they will IF you treat them like dog crap all the time.
Another thing to remember is that some of you, especially the younger ones, have the wrong idea of what "whipped" really is. Opening a door for your lady, being nice to her, and consulting her on some decisions is NOT being "whipped". Some of you think that anytime you act nice you are acting "whipped", but that's not the case at all. So you can beat on your chest all you want,
but the truth is that if you treat your women/girls the way some of you ACT like you do, it's no wonder why you spend more time with Rosy and her 4 sisters than you do with a real woman. 