When a man hits a woman we despise him as a brute. When a woman hits a man we ask what HE did to provoke her. Like all aristocrats, women are assumed to adhere to a higher moral standard than common men. Aristocrats wear make-up, restrain their emotions in public, and project a regal image. Women are experts at controlling and manipulating emotions since these are their main weapons in the war between the sexes.
Men are spontaneous, direct creatures.
Women are florid and catty - their glowing blandishments and glittering solicitude most often mask a covert agenda. Strike up the band and bring on the chorus. Aristocrats and women adore pomp and spectacle. Both are breeding ponds for rumor and gossip and other social viruses. And we wouldn't kiss the seats of their bluejeans.