“Well, not that, of course. But those boys got carried away is all. Boys being boys. Hell, you know.” “No, I really don’t,” said Lancaster, with even more disgust in her voice than Jamison’s.
This mentality pisses me off; why are we giving boys a pass?
I agree, but I think that's the whole point of this dialogue. It pisses Lancaster off too. It sort of makes you choose. You're "Boys will be boys" or you're Lancaster.