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Jessica Leigh Lebos

When Jessica Leigh graduated with a degree in creative writing, she figured she'd be slinging lattes for the rest of her life, so she shaved her head, moved into a VW bus and set off for Alaska. Good thing the van broke down just north of San Francisco, because she just hates cold weather. Her baris...

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Well, DUH.

According to a recent Pew Research Center study, women make most of the decisions when it comes to planning weekend activities, household finances, major home purchases and TV watching.

"Across all decision-making realms, it tilts to the woman," says Rich Morin, lead author of the study. "I was surprised by the percentage of men who made none of the decisions in any of the areas. A significant percentage were just bystanders."

Um, I’m going to go ahead and say it: Only a man would be surprised by that.

The societal “norm” of a the man being the “head of the house” is so ancient, it went out of style with white gloves and pointy bras. Most of my women friends are the “deciders” in their homes, even if their husbands/significant others do share in the housework and other chores. I’m also thinking this has probably always been the case, even in the June Cleaver era...those women were just letting their guys THINK they were in charge.

Nowadays, we can all admit it: Women rule the roost. Though when it comes to TV, my husband and I settle remote control disputes by arm-wrestling.

 What about you? Are you the Decider at your house?