Hi! While there's always more to say on the subject, you might enjoy this previous answer to a similar question:
/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."
/u/mimicofmodes has written multiple times about changing postwar gender norms in the United States (includes links to other relevant material) and why Ricky spanked Lucy in "I Love Lucy".