How 'Active Clubs' use male bonding, fitness and other healthy activities as a trojan horse for extremism
(rachelgilmore.substack.com)
- https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FoolishHusbandResponsibleWife
- https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ParentingTheHusband
- https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HenpeckedHusband
And this is far from an exhaustive list. But it’s telling that this is a widely-known and ubiquitous trope, whereas its flip-side opposite is pretty much nonexistent.
In fact, the only references I could find were on the “foolish husband” tropes:
- https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20210615-why-tvs-most-toxic-stereotype-endures
- https://www.huffpost.com/entry/retire-the-bumbling-husband_b_5602054
- https://feministing.com/2012/08/24/the-doofy-husband-trope/
And Star Trek should not be on your list:
- OS did not include explicit relationships between main characters
- TNG series had only two historical relationships, neither of which were “active”.
- DS9 had Rom (last season), O’Bryan, and (in the early seasons as a bumbling romantic) Bashir. To a certain extent the trope even existed between Quark and his mother, in terms of her being financially successful and smart in ways Quark never was, although this was shown in just a handful of episodes and so doesn’t really count.
- Voyager had Paris, Neelix, and - to a painfully awkward extent - Kim. Plus, poor dude spent the entire voyage home as a f**king ensign.
- Technically Enterprise had Trip, who as a human was very emotionally foolish next to T’Pol.
Plus, the argument can be made that a few of your other choices don’t have a husband/wife relationship as a central/recurring feature between main characters, and as such are also ineligible.
The only solid mark that I see in your favour is Babylon 5, with Sheraton’s relationship with Delenne and Ivanova’s tragic relationship with Cole being exemplary examples that are shockingly rare in media.