Although he hadn't noticed it before, recently he had begun to realize the lewd, lustful stares the men next door kept directing at his wife. Even during casual encounters like saying hello or taking out the trash, the male neighbors would openly leer at her, scrutinizing the shape of her breasts and ass. Their behavior was clearly unsettling. Watching his wife walk to the community hall for a neighborhood association meeting, enduring those predatory glances from both sides while seriously taking meeting minutes, made him feel a growing sense of responsibility as her husband.