Women, traditionally barred from direct confrontation, have learned the “feminine wiles” of management. Women’s protectiveness is inherently condescending, a sisterly solidarity that says, “We know better. We must look after these children we have married.” For all their vaunted superiority, a great many men intuit that their wives are managing them. Women, in this culture, have been taught to be indirect, manipulative, and silent, while men have been taught to ignore their women, punish them, or feel wounded by them if they dare speak out. Neither Narcissus nor Echo is well equipped by
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