Yes, when other people in this thread -- and let's be honest, men -- play the thought experiment where the roles are reverse and it's the wife sitting in the audience, they don't see what's so offensive. "I wouldn't be offended!" they think.
They see a formal symmetry in the situation, but miss the fact that there's a huge asymmetry when it comes to power and gender.
Yes, when other people in this thread -- and let's be honest, men -- play the thought experiment where the roles are reverse and it's the wife sitting in the audience, they don't see what's so offensive. "I wouldn't be offended!" they think.
They see a formal symmetry in the situation, but miss the fact that there's a huge asymmetry when it comes to power and gender.