Mary Killen Mary Killen

The husband trap

Mary Killen considers Melissa Katsoulis’s The Secret Life of Husbands

issue 20 July 2019

Around 25 years ago it became clear that there existed only two groups that could still be bullied by journalists without fear of public backlash. These were the upper classes and husbands. Female ramblings about how annoying men are began, and continue, to go down well and strike a chord of recognition among wearied women.

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