The Holy Scripture says “Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands” (Proverbs 14:1) and our people says from experience that “the woman maintain her house.” Why? Why is the woman more special than the man? God endowed her with these “weapons” (love and kindness), that, when she uses them, enslave, soften the heart of their husband, no matter how cruel he may be.

A psychologist said that the bodily gestures of a woman, her way of talking, her behaviour, love and tenderness - all these qualities have something special that soften the man. These qualities make him wish he would never be separated from his wife. Thus, their house is already built on an unshakable foundation.

(Translation from: Arhimandrit Vasilios Bacoianis, Căsătoria, Editura Tabor, Bucureşti, 2010, p. 58)