In American tv shows and movies from the 1960s and before it seems common and accepted practice for women to slap men in the face for a multitude of reasons. Is this accurate? Was it common and accepted practice for women to slap men on a regular basis for trivial and serious reasons? | AskHistorians Archive Observer

In American tv shows and movies from the 1960s and before it seems common and accepted practice for women to slap men in the face for a multitude of reasons. Is this accurate? Was it common and accepted practice for women to slap men on a regular basis for trivial and serious reasons?

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/u/sunagainstgold has previously said "the use of sexual power and violence to relate the stories' moral drives home the core point: the Schlubby Man/Competent Women trope is about men's failure to be men."

Also, "masculinity is always in crisis." with /u/Kaisermatias and /u/AncientHistory, et al.