Men controlled everything, their wives their property
Anybody kinda rooting for Roth to beat Mike?- Vito shut Carmela out of business too, starting with when he went into the bathroom and closed the door on her after receiving the bundle of guns from Clemenza
- Carlo beat up pregnant Connie but Vito did nothing because once married the woman is deemed her husband's property
- Sonny was unfaithful to his wife, Sandra which Vito was aware of
- Fredo told Michael at Anthony's party "He can't control his wife"
- Pentangeli dismissed / ignored his wife's concerns, when Michael was waiting for Pentangeli in Pentangeli's house
- Roth's wife Marcia seemed totally ignorant of what Roth's business really was
Alarming and disappointingly the Corleone women accepted and accommodated being the "property" of the men and even schooled the younger women of
their place
At the dinner table, after Vito's discharge from the hospital -
Carlo: Hey shut up, Connie, when Sonny's talking...
Santino: Hey, don't you ever tell her to shut up -- you got that?
Mama: Santino ... don't interfere
Connie her face all bruised and swollen after yet another beating by Carlo, to Sonny “It was my fault”