Certain women because of their female power and seductiveness could bring destruction to a family.
Every man is a bachelor out of his wife's sight!
Women were the very devil, at the mercy of their frail strength.
Woman magic. A quality that could bring great joy or havoc or both in equal measure.
Women weren't to be trusted. Or forgiven. Men weren't to be trusted either. Not a woman alive would dispute that.
Keeping one's guests supplied with liquor is the first law of hospitality.