As regards the last point, whether a woman is bound to obey her husband, it must be said that a woman is bound to obey her husband in those things which pertain to the ordering of the household, and to the upbringing of children, and to the management of family affairs.
— Thomas Aquinas Medieval

Catholic philosopher and theologian

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Summa Theologica, Supplement, Q. 64, Art. 5, Reply to Obj. 3

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c. 1265-1274

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https://www.newadvent.org/summa/5064.htm#article5

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