In Japan, very traditional, men work, make the money, give money to wife. ...wife takes care of all things domestic. ..and the wife then gives the man a allowance. ...many times my salaryman friends would borrow money mid month because they’d spend their allowance too quickly. ......in Japan, the men think they rule. ....only because the women let them think that. ...it works well for them. ...
I think it’s been that way in most cultures, throughout history.
In the past, women understood their own power and position, and didn’t undermine it the way so many do today. They found ways to strengthen it, instead.
My grandmother had a very happy marriage. She liked to tell that whenever she got a good idea for the house, and they implemented it, her husband would brag to visitors that it was his idea.
She said it always made her happy to just let him brag :-)