"Funny! Woman takin’ over the fambly. Woman sayin’ we’ll do this here, an’ we’ll go there. An’ I don’ even care."
– John Steinbeck
The Grapes of Wrath, Chapter 28. Pa Joad resigns himself to the fact that he no longer enjoys a leadership role in the family. He acknowledges Ma Joad as the new leader who guides and steers the family.