Should your family be involved in your relationship?

I'm not big on reality television especially where it involves families but I have had the privilege of observing two briefly. One family is constantly in the limelight so without having to watch them on television, I am constantly aware of them. I have observed that these families are female dominated so the men seem to follow while the women lead and in most cases are obnoxious to the men.

My focus though is on the men who date these women and have to be subjected to the mothers and female siblings in these families whim and fancies. So here I ask the question. Should families be involved in the relationships of other family members? I am not talking about getting to know the family or having dinner on occasion. I am talking about the intimate details of each others' lives and the extent of telling the bewildered male how to treat their daughter or sister.

I am strongly for female independence and men do love and are attracted to independent women, however, independent or not, the men should be treated with respect by all concerned.  It ought not to be that his mother-in-law is interfering with their lives and telling the son-in-law how to behave, when or where. Not only do you have the mother-in-law interfering and dictating but also the sister-in-law. The unfortunate thing is that his spouse is not defending him either.

I am all for family support, but there has to be a line drawn when it comes to relationships. If these women are sure that they need a man in their life and not as an object, then they should treat him with that respect as a spouse, lover or father of their children.

So far I have looked at the relationships of the more influential but this also refers to the not so affluent among us as they too interfere in each others' personal life.
Regardless of where you fall on the financial pole or family background scale, there is an invisible line as to the extent of family members interfering in each others' relationship. If the person's life is in danger, then that is another matter, however for the most part stay out of it.

Finally for the brave men who decide to date a member of a female dominated household, then you need to be just as strong to assert your own masculinity or prepare to be emasculated.