The bureaucratic world described by Kafka among others this universe of ceremonies, absurd gestures, meaningless behavior, is essentially masculine; she has greater purchase on reality; when he lines up his figures, or converts sardine boxes into money, he grasps nothing but abstracts; the child content in his cradle, clean laundry, the roast, are more tangible things; yet, just because she feels their contingence and consequently her own contingence in the concrete pursuit of these objectives, it often happens that she does not alienate herself in them: she remains available.