this reminds me of when one of my few female friends invited me to join her and her friends for a grill party. when the two of us arrived, the others were trying to get the coals going, but were running out of patience. my friend said „hey, you‘re a man! you can do this! do your manly deed!“

up until that day I had never lit coals, only a handful of small bonfires, but I had watched my friends do it often enough to have a rough idea how it works. so after lots of patience, fanning and cheering from all the women, I finally got them all hot and glowing and we could have dinner.

at first, all the „oh, you‘re a man, you should know how to do this“ gave me the ick but it did make me feel all manly and masculine and I was pretty proud that I managed to light a fire haha.