> Many many women, especially among mothers, can and should be treated like adults The (open) secret is that all women need to be managed (and want to be managed) like children, but the man must do so without making it too obvious that he is managing her. Treating them like adult males never works out as women are designed to be shielded from responsibility and accountability. You'll know when a woman is coming close to being treated like an adult male as she'll start lashing out and kvetching that she "works harder than any man".