OOC: Attitudes of men towards women

[shot_my_shoes]

I'm currently reading a book about women and families 1940-1970. In the chapter about role relationships in marriage there's an interesting sentence that I thought summed Harry up quite well:

There are some examples in the study of older husbands adopting an attitude towards their younger wives which some might describe as patronizing, but which

Comments

[sarahs_attic]

And a good thwap usually sets you right.

[shot_my_shoes]

You only hit me because you know I won't hit you back.

[sarahs_attic]

If you were the sort of man who would hit me back, I wouldn't have to hit you in the first place.

[shot_my_shoes]

Well, I wouldn't have said you had to.