ROME (Reuters) - An Italian man was arrested on suspicion of kidnapping his ex-girlfriend from a pub, taking her home and forcing her to iron his clothes and wash the dishes, police said Monday. The 43-year-old man dragged the woman out of a pub in the port city of Genoa, shoved her into a car and took her to his home where he made her iron and wash dishes after threatening her, they said. The man, who was apparently furious at his ex-girlfriend for leaving him, was arrested on charges of kidnapping, police said.

Ok here is my first question.  Would this be legal if the chick was still this guy’s girlfriend?    Yes right?   I’m under the impression that if I don’t have clean underwear or if my shirt needs to be ironed or if the dish’s aren’t done I’m allowed to drag the First Lady by the hair from wherever she and force her to do her chores.    At least that’s my interpretation of the Man vs. Woman rulebook.   But it’s gets a little cloudy when it’s an ex girlfriend.    I think in that case you can try to intimate, blackmail or talk your ex into doing it, but I don’t think you can physically force her to do it.    But I don’t deny that it’s a grey area in the rulebook and definitely up to interpretation.