The Problem With ‘Letting A Man Be A Man’

Doesn’t that assume there’s just one kind of man?

“Let a man be a man.” That’s the advice I got recently from a male friend. We’d been talking about my dating life and we got around to who pays on the first date, fully aware that “date” can mean many things but basically I was talking about a first meet — a quick coffee or a drink, maybe even a bite if there’s…