... they didn't want to appear muscly. At eighteen, her male friends were unable to express their feelings. These observations allow the audience to discern that males feel that it is socially unacceptable for them to express their feelings. We teach girls to shrink themselves to cater to the fragile egos of males. Adichie advises that, "if you are the breadwinner in your ... also a double standard regarding education. Women usually hold lower-level teaching positions whereas men usually obtain higher-level positions such as university president or school principal. It has become a learned ...

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