7/6/2023 0 Comments The manipulated man book![]() She offers him an embroidered handkerchief, which he politely refuses. Five minutes later the job is done and the punctured tyre properly stowed. Since she cannot find a jack, he fetches his own, together with his other tools. He does not ask if she is capable of changing the tyre herself because he knows - she is about thirty, smartly dressed and made-up - that she is not. To prove his determination, he asks for her jack. The driver sees what is wrong at a glance and says comfortingly, "Don't worry. Recognising this standard international sign of woman in distress ("weak female let down my by male technology"), a station wagon draws up. Without wasting a moment she prepares to fix it: she looks towards the passing cars as if expecting someone. ![]() She gets out and finds her left front tyre flat. The lemon-coloured MG skids across the road and the woman driver brings it to a somewhat uncertain halt. ![]()
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