The Trouble with Women is a 1947 American comedy film directed by Sidney Lanfield and starring Ray Milland, Teresa Wright, Brian Donlevy. It was produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It was produced in 1945 but was held back from release for two years.
A college professor writes a controversial book claiming that woman have a secret desire to be subjugated. A female journalist sets out to try and dig up information on him by enrolling in one of his classes. When her newspaper prints an article claiming that his theories suggest that women want to be "socked", he sues for $300,000. In order to get him to withdraw the action, the journalist tries to goad him into striking her when a photographer is secretly nearby, so he can be blackmailed. But the professor, who is engaged to a staid bluestocking, and the journalist, pursued romantically by her editor, begin to develop feelings towards each other.