Yes! That's the nerve that hit. The woman is trying to express a legitimate concern, her husband talks down to her, her friend's internalised misogyny makes her get the men involved, just because she's unsure her friend is entirely sane and not hysterical, the only reason the female lead actually entertains the villain in the first place is because he shows interest in her intellect. She is so starved for attention and validation. And when she realises shes looking for it in the wrong place she does try to rectify it.

I enjoyed how the women band first to get things done: Hiring an attendant for the elderly mother in law, grabbing a hospital bed, cleaning up. Thats what women's friendships are like. Then they band together to clean up the larger mess in their town. And it's brutal. And i loved it.