I'm sensing some misogyny here.
There are plenty of people in the world who want to 'escape' their partner - male and female.
But they can't because they don't have enough money to move out and get a place of their own. It's all about money.
It's a joke. Not a political statement.
@Countrywoman
It's a common trope. The long suffering man and his nagging wife.
@Ellatynemouth Yes it is. Where there is smoke.... There is some truth in stereotypes. PC to the extreme allows for a dearth of any humor.
All women are not nice people anymore than all men are not assholes. ☺
And they wonder why the suicide rate is so high.