1998 August 28, Serenleono [username], “Re: Dearest: A term of endearment?”, in alt.usage.english[1] (Usenet):
There are simply too many poodles in the world named Precious for me to use this endearment in good conscience. I always feel as thoughI'm calling the lady "Pooch". And as passionately opposed to maritodespotism as I am, I prefer to fetch my own slippers. ;-)
Maritodespotism is the domination of the husband over the wife, but in the Quinze Joyes, it is clearly the inverse – uxorodespotism, or the dominance of the wife.
2012, Joan Hess, Deader Homes and Gardens: A Claire Malloy Mystery, St. Martin's Paperbacks (2013), →ISBN, page 171:
In a perverse way, I was a little disappointed that I couldn't point my finger at Charles Finnelly and accuse him of murder most foul. Maritodespotism was not a crime in the eagle eyes of the law, and the statue of limitations for child abuse has long since expired.
2017, Julie McCulloch Burton, Contagion to This World: A Parallel Universe Story (iUniverse, →ISBN):
“Well,” Cecilia started in, “Of the flood of images on my mind now, I can see that the worst of humanity was carved out by the male of the species. [...] maritodespotism; committing a spouse to an insane asylum or house-of-God to get out of the marriage; [...] 'rape-correcting' a lesbian; [...].”
