FLORENTINO Pérez had a go at Victoria Beckham recently for allegedly distracting David Beckham from his football. Pérez appeared uneasy with the thought that Posh might just be the stronger partner in the Beckhams' marriage, and turned this strength into evidence of a dastardly use of feminine wiles to undermine an unwitting husband.
The same thing happened to Yoko Ono many years ago - a male-dominated world was uncomfortable that one of its most prominent pop-cultural icons appeared in thrall to a powerful woman. It's a scenario triggers the most unreconstructed of male reactions: undermine that horrible, threatening woman at all costs. So Ono got tarred as a gold-digger, and, when she's not being accused by away fans of a fondness for sodomy, Posh cops flak from Pérez for her husband being past it.