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Khokhlova, a young female Moscow reporter, falls in love with factory manager Petrovsky. To her he's the epitome of manliness–virile, decisive, strong-minded. Conversely, she rejects the sensitive, diffident editor Vasilchikov, who's in love with her, as unmanly. Her infatuation affects her work, and she is fired.
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