In my experience, many women (not my wife thankfully) police their husband's social life to a point that would be considered abusive should the sexes be reverse

In my experience, many women (not my wife thankfully) police their husband's social life to a point that would be considered abusive should the sexes be reversed. As a society, we've kind of accepted this sort of control over the husband by the wife as normal, even though the opposite is (rightfully) stigmatized.