In a later chapter of NTKOG, Lena says the following:
"I am jealous of the ease with which they seem to inhabit their professional pursuits: the lack of apologizing, of bending over backward to make sure the people around them are comfortable with what they are trying to do. The fact that they are so often free of the people-pleasing instincts.. I have watched men order at dinner, ask for shitty wine and extra bread with a confidence I could never muster."
Granted she continues shortly thereafter by saying that she considers "being female such a unique gift, such a sacred joy, in ways that run so deep," she still makes an interesting point about male characteristics.
Have you witnessed this fact about men for yourself? Do you agree or disagree with Lena's assessment of men vs. women in this way?
"I am jealous of the ease with which they seem to inhabit their professional pursuits: the lack of apologizing, of bending over backward to make sure the people around them are comfortable with what they are trying to do. The fact that they are so often free of the people-pleasing instincts.. I have watched men order at dinner, ask for shitty wine and extra bread with a confidence I could never muster."
Granted she continues shortly thereafter by saying that she considers "being female such a unique gift, such a sacred joy, in ways that run so deep," she still makes an interesting point about male characteristics.
Have you witnessed this fact about men for yourself? Do you agree or disagree with Lena's assessment of men vs. women in this way?