The popular 1990's sitcom, Married With Children followed the lives of Al and Peggy Bundy. Al Bundy exerted male dominance in his home by his constant basing against women and his wife. He viewed women as merely an accessory. Peggy was the perfect wife and she would cook, clean, and cater to her husband. She was submissive and did what he said. Every now and then, she would defend herself if she was upset or didn't like how she was treated, and Al would say that she is acting like a "bitch" by expressing her feelings and being assertive. If men are opinionated, tough, and assertive, they are seen as "in control". But a woman is a bitch. Why is that?
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