France spreads his banners in our noiseless land,
With plumèd helm thy state begins to threat,
Whilst thou, a moral fool, sits still and cries
“Alack, why does he so?”
– William Shakespeare
King Lear, Act 4, Scene 2. Goneril accuses her husband Albany of failing to play the traditional male role of defending his country from the threat by the King of France. Instead she says Albany is acting very feminine and emotional by just sitting there whining, complaining and crying.