Jotting down my thoughts before starting this week's section (I know, I'm very late):
I’ve been trying to figure out what doesn’t sit well with me regarding the 白羽＋恵子 dynamic. I think the way he tries to manipulate their conversations really bothers me. Yes, his sexism is extremely annoying, and he certainly plays the victim to a high degree, but the way he brings them together irks me. He continues to use the word 強姦 when referring to people interfering with his life, and mentions how women have it easy, and for a man there are all these expectations (which are also on women, so…). At the same time he tries to loop 恵子 into his way of thinking, like by saying both his 精巣 and her 子宮 belong to the ムラ. She also has these feelings to a degree, so she could maybe see how he gets her, but the undercutting of “you’re a woman, so you don’t understand how much worse it is for me” is just a reminder of “no, he doesn’t really get ‘you.’” It’s more like he’s taking the seeds of doubt she already has and planting them in his own paranoid soil.
Meanwhile, she let’s him stay at her place, provided he chips in for food, only for him to say, “Actually, no, because even though I said I want a rich lady so she can fund my ‘business idea,’ I just want you to hide me from the world. Can’t work if I’m doing that. Still, this set up is clearly a great deal for you.” Yes, she has her quips in this section, but the end result is someone who kind of understands her but is misogynistic is mooching off of her. And as several people pointed out, she’ll get a husband who is those things as well as one who hides away in her apartment, which will inevitably cause her more problems than her current situation once she reveals she has a partner to others. And I guess I’m just upset because I want her to realize she doesn’t need to meet anyone’s expectations as long as she enjoys her life, so she should get rid of this guy who doesn’t seem to respect women and live a happy life on her own terms. 
But, maybe he’ll change. She’ll likely change, since she’ll either grow to enjoy this set-up or say screw it. I just need to be patient. Still, I can’t remember the last time I wanted to jump into a book and shake the main character while telling them, “There’s another way! You don’t have to do this!”
It may not sound like it, but I am enjoying this novel. I doubt 白羽 was written to be “likable,” and though I sympathize with his main points and abhor his way of expressing himself, I’m having a good time. As someone else said, though, I think I need a break from her interacting with him. Hopefully this next section does that.