Exiled..

Your wife needs your signature for everything because she's an expat and you're her sponsor.

I can buy whatever I want without any male consent. I own a business and my male relatives know nothing about it except what I chat with them about.

I own some stocks and they're in my name..I trade stocks myself .. One of my brothers opened an account for me the first time but it was a favor not a legal requirement. Minors need their fathers signature to open bank accounts and to buy stocks but not women over 21.

Many women own real estate and businesses as well and trade in them themselves.