Having an ego and feelings of self-importance are actually a must for everybody. It keeps us striving for a better life and a higher status. However, it could also be viewed as an Achilles’ heel. A man with too big of an ego can never get over himself. Vietnamese men usually regard themselves very highly and always think that they are superior to others. They cannot easily accept the fact that their women are better than them. They would rather spend their days outside of the house drinking beer than washing a basket of underwear for their wife and kids. They want their friends to think that even though they are not the main providers of the household, they can still have the power; that power is being proven by the fact that they is out drinking with their buddies, and somebody else is doing the dirty work. Their friends are probably on the same boat. For that reason, they will all compete to see who can sit at the beer shop the longest to prove who is the most powerful man.