Quiet Man is a machismo film and if were released today it would be considered a "chick flick" as well. What more can you ask?

If English Pat really watched the film, he or she would notice that the film is more of a look at customs and the "fight" is more symbolic than anything else. Old values meeting new values. Wayne did not want to fight, nor did he want the dowry. He was led into the fight and made the best of it, and the end showed that compromise really wins out in the end.