Oh, well, it’s his pleasure, like mine is movies and bridge. People have got to tolerate each other’s habits, I guess.
– Tennessee Williams
A Streetcar Named Desire, Scene 4. As Stella mops up the mess from her husband’s poker parties and heavy drinking, she shares her philosophy for a successful marriage. She tells Blanche that tolerance is the key, and compares Stanley’s abusive habits with her own harmless pastimes. We see here clearly defined stereotypical gender roles: the hard-drinking and playing men and the women who clean up after them.