[PapaBear3625]

I quite agree. Which is why I find it so interesting that so much of modern entertainment puts forward the notion that it’s a wife’s duty to make sure her husband knows she holds him in mild contempt.

Yes, it gives the impression that somebody WANTS male/female relationships to do badly. It would give a bigger pool of women-fed-up-with-men for the lesbians to exploit.

[Sherman Logan]

I first recognized this trend in an Alan Alda movie called The Four Seasons. In it three couples take regular vacations together. One of the couples splits up and the husband brings his new bride on the next trip.

She adores and admires him and isn’t afraid to show it. The other two wives are appalled that she is letting the side down by not putting him down. I found it quite amazing that the intentional crushing of a man’s spirit could be portrayed as so normal, even expected.