# Protecting thy Lady's honor. Machismo BS or not?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/protecting-thy-ladys-honor-machismo-bs-or-not/399280>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 9, 2007, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/protecting-thy-ladys-honor-machismo-bs-or-not/399280 "2007-04-09T06:42:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2017, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/protecting-thy-ladys-honor-machismo-bs-or-not/399280/61 "2017-01-01T15:08:12Z")

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> [@Grrr](#):
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> My wife got upset by this nasty talk and proceeded to tell the guy doing most of the talking: “You know what you’re saying is just plane stupid. I have three children that are half Mexican are you suggesting…”

Your ex-wife was an idiot. She picked a fight with someone in a bar (stupid), and then expected _you_ to get in a physical fight with him (extra stupid).

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