Nollywood actress Ini Obong Edo discusses the reasons behind some men viewing 'overly successful' women as challenges to their traditional role as the head of the household.

In a recent conversation on Toke Makinwa's podcast, Ini Edo expressed that men tend to prefer women who are submissive and can be easily 'controlled.'

The actress personally conveyed her inclination towards being a "queen" while emphasizing her reluctance to dominate a man.

Ini pointed out the difficulty in finding men who understand that the success of women does not undermine their position as the head of the household.

In her words;

“Some men are threatened by women’s strength. Because we can come off as if we are doing too much. First of all, you’re a woman, you’re beautiful, you’re here and there…

“Naturally, men want to see you [women] not so overly successful just so that they can pull you around, you can be the woman, cook and clean and do all the basic things that they’ve grown up to know is expected of women.

“So when you get too strong, it’s almost like you’re competing with their ego. But the truth is, like I always say, I like to be the queen. I’m not a woman who is looking to subdue any man or ride over any man.

“No matter how successful I get, I don’t think I would like to have a man that I am lording over. Then what is the beauty of it? I mean, the beauty of it is me walking beside my man and he giving me instructions and protecting me.”