They only think about their own well-being, they are not interested in knowing what women think, desire or want. The first example is from ''Hills Like White Elephants'', the American man wants the girl to get dirty if she has an abortion, it doesn't matter if it is safe for her or not, if it is the right thing to do or not, if does he want to do it or not, or the simple question, what does he think. He doesn't allow her to be herself; the only important thing in his life is himself. The American man also tries to convince the girl that she has free will, when his intention is that she has to have the "operation" if she wants to be with him happily ever after, but we know he doesn't want a happily ever after with her. “We'll be fine after all. Just like we were before,'' the American says to the girl to convince her to do what he wants. “I think it's the best thing to do. But I don't want you to do it if you don't really want it. (The American Man). He is an uncommitted man, who has no responsibility to anyone, but after all he does not respect women because he should do so as a gentleman. She doesn't believe that women and men have the same rights, she really thinks that women are subservient to men and that women should do whatever men say to keep peace between them. This chauvinistic thinking was not only developed by the American man; over the years it has also been developed by the vast majority of the male population. A similar thing happens in ''The Lady with the Dog''. Dmitri is a man who believes that women have no rights and that they exist in the world only to satisfy men's sexual desires. We can identify Dmitry's feelings towards women, mainly towards his wife, when the author mentions "He secretly considered her unintelligent, petty, inelegant, was afraid of her and did not like being in