Centuries of repression and machismo do not disappear at the first cough. We must also have the courage to admit that the attempt at an open couple, of “democratic horns,” has not succeeded and has almost always foundered in hypocrisy. “It must be said that the open couple has its disadvantages. For it to work, it must be open on one side only: that of the male! Because if the couple is open on both sides there are drafts!” A text that denounces the emotional, cultural and affective backwardness of certain men and valorizes the sensitivity and irony of women like Antonia, heroine of all betrayed and neglected wives, capable of saying: “All this bed, bed, always bed! With all the furniture that is in the house…”.
