(from) Homo Faber. I am excluding, in this passage, every time the author uses the phrase "according to Hanna," which is about three times a sentence. He does this, I think, to ensure the readers apprehension that only a woman could say these things, that this is all very silly to him, and in no way reflects his thinking. Which is perfect, actually.

"She thought it stupid of a woman to want to be understood by a man; the man wants the woman to be a mystery, so that he can be inspired and excited by his own incomprehension. The man hears only himself, therefore the life of a woman who wants to be understood by a man must inevitably be ruined. The man sees himself as master of the world and the woman only as his mirror. The master is not compelled to learn the language of the oppressed; the woman is compelled, though it does her no good, to learn the language of the master, she merely learns a language that always puts her in the wrong. "

Huh.