I don't think a female running a house is a problem, a broken family. It's perceived as one because of the notion that a head is a man.

Toni Morrison
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If women are strong, they are seen as a problem. They are viewed as just another head of a house that might break. This is because the idea of family is based on males being the head of the family. There are no female leaders or heads of families in history so this is not something new.

If the family is always there to serve its members, it will never be broken. When you have a family, it does not matter who is the head so long as all the members are there to support each other.

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