The "Mock-Macho" Situation Comedy

Reading this article I found a quote that could be likened to Socrates response to Pharedus in the Lover and Non-Lover.

On page 83, (e.g., "A man's got to know his limitations"), proverbs (e.g., "A great lover is not one who romances a different woman every night but one who romances the same woman for a lifetime")...

This is what Socrates is referring to with the last part of his response about how the lover not the non-lover should be chosen.

Now, in all of this it seems that the whole concept of morals and ideas of what is good versus bad, comes into play. The rhetoric seems more educational or teaching/counselling than dialectic. Am I close to this comparison? Its all interesting how the machoisms are so unclear to those that hang their masculinity out for everyone to see. Is it truely masculinity, because it sure comes off stupid for the guys. Poor guys, they keep taking a hit and the mocking is truely funny, however, are we not doing the same to them that we - women - have had to deal with for centuries? On Home Improvement, Wilson keeps Tim in line for Jill, and for Tim's troublesome identity, Al is there to keep him in check. However, Al has that soft side and it is portrayed as "weak" through Tim's eyes. How then can we - women - identify with these identities. We know the weaknesses and strengths of both sexes, and the relationships between, so I say have a beer and laugh a little. The Rhetoric between the characters keeps it truly entertaining and somewhat of a lesson in Machoism.