Despite the seemingly impossible task of living up to traditional standards of masculinity "ideals such as honor, duty, and heterosexuality' "Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises, and Sui Sin Far's "The Story of One White Woman who Married a Chinese,"" suggest that failed masculinity often results from being corrupted by society. ... This passage also illustrates James' hypocrisy because although "woman suffrage was one of his particular hobbies,"" he fails to treat his own wife with equality, forcing her to work in order to pursue his own selfish goals(67). ...

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