Should There Be a Head?

As someone from Africa that comes from an African home, the question I'm about to ask is considered stupid by most people over here and this is because many of us believe that the answer to it is simple...but then, as we get older, we tend to realize that things change everyday, especially things like this and mostly in the western countries.

Although experience has taught me that we over here tend to copy the people of the West eventually, so it wouldn't be long before the thing I'm about to ask becomes a norm over here...a good example being men going down on one kneel to propose to their women.

Usually, that was never a thing here, but something that was copied from the West. Another good example is women proposing to their men. Although that hasn't fully crossed over to this part of the world, I've seen some few cases that just let's me know that it's only a matter of time before the women over here starts doing it.

Anyways, as for my question, it's a pretty simple one and it goes like this... Should there be a head of the family? Someone whose say becomes the final word at home.

_{photo by Jeremy Bishop}

Initially, I was going to ask that question a bit differently, something like should men always be considered the head of the family, but then I feel like that would cause a lot of commotion so I've decided to modify it a bit.

And the reason why I ask this question is because back in the day, the answer to that question used to be pretty simple, that men are the head of the family, or at least that is how it has always been done over here.. And this mentality was so powerful to the extent where men were seen as a lesser man if their wife dominated them or was in charge of the house.

But like I said, as time went on, things began to change and I started to notice that the narrative began to change from men being the head of the family, to it becoming a partnership where the man and the woman gets to share the position 50/50.

And this seemed a bit reasonable and fair but then I got to realise that in things like this, there's never truly 50/50..there's always going to be a time where one person has to be in charge and if that's the case, then it's almost like returning things back to the old ways, only this time, the power of authority changes, almost like it's democracy.

Anyways, what do you guys think. Do you think the male has to be the head of the family, or do you think that there has to be a head but it could be either the man or the woman, or do you think a partnership where it's 50/50 is the right way to do things?