He has zero problem with her sleeping with the women in New York City. But he has some sort of half-assed, mealy-mouthed objection to pebescent antics that took place almost ten years ago.
4.5. Not just a dissection of the unbearable prejudices and intolerance one inevitably confronts as a particle in the social fabric, but also Fassbinder's deep (personal) insight into the tumultuousness of human relationships.