I think during those times what she said was true. But i think it was the fact that men were constantly emasculated in public and were most vulnerable with those that they loved....and men werent so nice to women in the 60's & 70's. A lot of men were abusive, physically and emotionally.
But on the other side of what she was was saying, money and being a provider is the issue. Men in a lot of cases had to sacrfice their pride in order to keep a "good job" so they could provide. Fighting a constant internal battle when away from home, then having to deal with the normal peaks and valleys of a relationship is stressful. But to look at your spouse as just another stressor as opposed to your biggest support system is wild to me.
I say that to say both men and women, especially married black ones, need to come to an understanding of what our individual battles in this world actually are. We have to learn to be able to step outside of the self serving man/woman deep down wothin oursleves and be able to see the world from the eyes of our "better" half. I put better in quotes because we each come together in all our strengths and weaknesses. We have to be able to use those individual strenghts to help build and uplift our partners so until those weaknesses become null in void. Be supportive and patient with each other. When you find someone you love enough to want to take what is supposed to be a lifelong journey, it comes with ups and downs. We just have to have each others backs, end of story.