>I feel it is better for parents to be equals, however that cannot always be practical. One wants to buy a new car, the other doesn't. Who decides? Logic does not always play an equal role in both parents. If partner 1 likes the old car for sentimental reasons and partner 2 wants a new car for safety and they can afford it, the logical should outweigh the sentimental.
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>If partner 1 wants the new car, and partner 2 feels it is too expensive, logic again should prevail. In all cases do the right thing. For who? For the whole family!!! Regardless of genders.

Precisely. IMO, a family should be a democracy. That's why I usually say "no" when someone calls and wants to speak to "the man of the house". I'm no ruler here, nobody's a ruler - we're a democracy, and anyone who implies other layouts may encounter some rough language from us :).

>However I feel a child of male and female parents will be better prepared for interractions with both genders.

That's for sure. There's just so much we don't know about the other gender. But then, there's so much most people don't know about pretty much anything... :)