在这部女王蜂喜剧/剧情片中,本片是对夫权制的讽刺：一个新婚的丈夫成为他的只想传宗接代生儿育女的妻子的应声虫；这种过分的要求发展到使他丧生的地步。费雷里想讽刺天主教的婚姻道德；但影片是否符合意大利过去和现在的现实是令人怀疑的。
A 40 years old man, Alfonso, finally succeeds to marry a virgin, educate, beautiful and very catholic woman. But soon she, Regina, starts stressing him because she wants to be pregnant. When the stress is at its peak Regina at last gets pregnant. Once the goal is reached the man is put aside and dies.
