History PlayingWith / HenpeckedHusband

** Alice is a super butch, muscular ActionGirl who [[LadyLooksLikeADude looks like a dude]] and can crush scrawny little willowy Bob (who [[DudeLooksLikeALady looks like a lady]]) with her bare hands if she wants, like she did to any other men unfortunate enough to cross her. And yet, she completely submits to Bob's decisions.

** Alice is a super butch ActionGirl who could crush scrawny little willowy Bob with her bare hands if she wants, like she did to any other men unfortunate enough to cross her. And yet, she completely submits to Bob's decisions.

* '''Inverted''': Bob makes all the household decisions and runs the household with little or no input from Alice. As far as he's concerned, her only responsibilities are to [[StayInTheKitchen cook, clean the house, and have his babies]].

** Alice is quiet and submissive only makes requests not give orders.

* '''Deconstructed''': This is not grounds for being HappilyMarried in any true sense for very long. Eventually, Bob will start to feel unimportant and uncared for, and may get into PassiveAggressiveKombat or [[YourCheatingHeart be unfaithful to Alice]]. Also, Alice may think Bob is weak and pathetic.

* '''Enforced''': AwfulWeddedLife

%%* '''Implied''': ???

* '''Exaggerated''': Alice outright [[DomesticAbuse abuses Bob]].

* '''Averted''': AliceAndBob make decisions and spend money equally.

** Alice and Bob divide up responsibility equally.

* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

** Bob doesn't let anyone (male or female) walk all over him.

* '''Averted''':
** AliceAndBob make decisions and spend money equally.

* '''Inverted''':
** AliceAndBob make decisions and spend money equally.
** Bob makes all the household decisions and runs the household with little or no input from Alice. As far as he's concerned, her only responsibilities are to [[StayInTheKitchen cook, clean the house, and have his babies]].

* '''Averted''': ???

Back to HenpeckedHusband

** Alice is a {{Dominatrix}}, and she and Bob are in a [[SafeSaneAndConsensual controlled]] {{BDSM}} relationship.

* '''Played For Laughs''': AwfulWeddedLife, AbuseIsOkayWhenItsFemaleOnMale

** Alice is a ManicPixieDreamGirl who leads Bob on a roller-coaster of a life. Bob is an easy-going fellow who is content to passively enjoy Alices ideas. Bob does what Alice says not because she is domineering or he is weak willed, but because he thinks it ''fun.''

* '''Played For Drama''': Bob is being abused by Alice, but no one will take him seriously because [[DoubleStandard women never commit domestic violence, and only weak men get into abusive relationships.]]

* '''Exploited''': ???

* '''Basic Trope''': A man who submits to a domineering wife.
* '''Played Straight''': Alice makes all the major household decisions and runs the household with little or no input from Bob. For his part, Bob always caves to Alice's decisions, even if he doesn't agree with them.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice outright [[DomesticAbuse abuses Bob]].
* '''Justified''': Bob is such a BumblingDad or LazyHusband that the household would fall apart if not for Alice.
** Alice is a {{Dominatrix}}, and she and Bob are in a [[SafeSaneAndConsensual controlled]] {{BDSM}} relationship.

** Alice is a queen, Bob is a commoner. If Bob disobeys he will be decapitated.
** [[TheDulcineaEffect Bob simply adores Alice, will do anything for her, and doesn't care what anyone thinks]].
* '''Inverted''': AliceAndBob make decisions and spend money equally.
** Bob makes all the household decisions and runs the household with little or no input from Alice. As far as he's concerned, her only responsibilities are to [[StayInTheKitchen cook, clean the house, and have his babies]].
* '''Subverted''': Alice asks Bob what he thinks about going to Paris, and Bob states that [[HintDropping he'd rather go to Hawaii for their vacation]].
** Alice is quiet and submissive only makes requests not give orders.
* '''Double Subverted''': Alice has already booked the trip to Paris.
** Alice controls Bob through passive-aggressive behavior (such as threatening to leave, threatening suicide, fake tears, or the LysistrataGambit) or through HintDropping.
* '''Deconstructed''': This is not grounds for being HappilyMarried in any true sense for very long. Eventually, Bob will start to feel unimportant and uncared for, and may get into PassiveAggressiveKombat or [[YourCheatingHeart be unfaithful to Alice]]. Also, Alice may think Bob is weak and pathetic.
* '''Reconstructed''': Alice gets Bob involved in decision-making and learns to [[TakeAThirdOption compromise]] and not be such a ControlFreak, and Bob learns to say "no" sometimes. The relationship grows healthy boundaries and improves.
** Or, if Alice is actually abusing Bob, Bob gets up the courage to leave her, because she isn't likely to change and could eventually do some ''real'' damage.

* '''Enforced''': AwfulWeddedLife

* '''Defied''': Alice refuses to date a wimpy guy like Bob, much less marry him.

* '''Downplayed''': Generally, Alice make most the decisions in the house. But she does sometimes ask Bob, and reconsider her decisions if necessary.
** Alice and Bob divide up responsibility equally.

* '''Played Straight''': [[{{Tsundere}} Alice]] makes all the major household decisions and runs the household with little or no input from Bob. For his part, Bob always caves to Alice's decisions, even if he doesn't agree with them.

* '''Justified''': [[AdultChild Bob]] is such a BumblingDad or LazyHusband that the household would fall apart if not for Alice.

** Bob makes all the household decisions and runs the household with little or no input from Alice. As far as he's concerned, her only responsibilities and appropriate roles are to [[StayInTheKitchen cook, clean the house, and have his babies]].

* '''Played For Drama''': Bob is being abused by Alice, but no one will take him seriously because [[SarcasmMode women never commit domestic violence, and only weak men get into abusive relationships.]]

** Alice seems like a quiet and submissive YamatoNadeshiko type.

** But she controls Bob through passive-aggressive behavior (such as threatening to leave, threatening suicide, fake tears, or the LysistrataGambit) or through HintDropping.

** Bob simply adores Alice, will do anything for her, and doesn't care what anyone thinks.

** Bob simply adores Alice, will do anything for her, and doesn't care what anyone thinks. [[CrowningMommentOfAwesome Isn't that Sweet?]]

* '''Downplayed''': Generally, Alice make most the decisions in the house. But she does sometimes ask Bob, and reconsider her decisions if necessary.

** But she controls Bob through passive-aggressive behavior (such as fake tears) or through HintDropping.

* '''Played For Laughs''': AwfulWedddedLife, AbuseIsOkayWhenItsFemaleOnMale

* '''Justified''': [[AdultChild Bob]] is such a BumblingDad or LazyHusband that the household would fall apart if not for Alice.