Sorry for disturbing the pond.
I really feel like I missed something here, the story hit something in me and it wasn't pretty. Not sure what, was it that I didn't get the immaturity of the male subjects, was it the cruelty of the wives, maybe it was the absolute absence of choice?
Usually I love dark stories where the protagonist have a really bad hand (if not deck) to play, so I am miffed. Needed to vent sorry again if I sound like an idiot.