"Taming of the Shrew" syndrome?

It's a theory I'm playing around with. The premise of the play is to "tame" the "wild, unruly" sister who refuses to follow the rules and therefor upsets the "natural order," in this case, the "natural" order of which sister marries first.

The same idea plays out in "breaking" horses (sometimes associated more with girls than boys), "conquering" nature (frequently referred to as feminine), "conquering" nations (most of which are also referred to with...yep, feminine pronouns) and, well you get the gist and I bet many here could add more. It appears to be some sort of "rite of manhood" or some such.

It also goes along the same lines of criticisms in which feminists are told if they'd just "get" a "good man" they wouldn't be so "angry," read "sexually frustrated or frigid" in place of "anger."

So, on a smaller scale, we get guys trying to "prove" their "manhood" by "taming" the "shrew" they see in feminism and women who refuse to remain silent and play by the "rules" of "natural order."

My $0.02 (not adjusted to current dollar values) opinion.