I'm not a feminist. I hail men, I love men. I celebrate American male culture, and beer, and bars and muscle cars... But what I really believe in is women.
The stranger is close to us, insofar as we feel between him and ourselves common features of a national, social, occupational, or generally human, nature. He is far from us, insofar as these common features extend beyond him or us, and connect us only because they connect a great many people.