There was one episode he did stand up to his wife
Remember the episode later on the series run on Little House Harriet Olson got tick off that African American dude was going join the church that was play Moses Gunn he totally told off his wife
Remember the one episode where he had to go out of town on business. He stayed at a home that had rooms for rent. The widow was kind, attractive and didn’t boss him around. The show sort of showed he was smitten by the attention but returned home to his shrew of a wife.