It's the stereotypical example of the 'Loaded Question'. No matter whether you answer 'Yes' or 'No', it puts you in a bad light. It infers that you are a habi

It's the stereotypical example of the 'Loaded Question'. No matter whether you answer 'Yes' or 'No', it puts you in a bad light. It infers that you are a habitual wife-beater. Once upon a time, on the Immigration Forms for tourists to the US, it used to ask (maybe it still does) this question "Do you advocate the downfall of the US by violence or subversion?". Obviously, they expected a 'No' answer. But equally, the way the question was asked gave a choice of two alternatives, and always made me feel like writing "On weighing up the pros and cons of violence or subversion, I think I'm leaning more towards subversion at this time."