The man who marries a beautiful woman, and the farmer who grows maize by the roadside have the same problem ~ Ethiopian Proverb

This proverb tends to portray women as passive beings who get misused without their consent just like maize by the roadside which is plucked by any passerby.

This explains why men who marry beautiful women always feel insecure whenever the wife is out of the house or are not together. The same way a farmer feels when he is away from his roadside maize farm.