### Pandas version checks - [X] I have checked that this issue has not already been reported. - [X] I have confirmed this bug exists on the [latest version](https://pandas.pydata.org/docs/whatsnew/index.html) of pandas. - [X] I have confirmed this bug exists on the [main branch](https://pandas.pydata.org/docs/dev/getting_started/install.html#installing-the-development-version-of-pandas) of pandas. ### Reproducible Example ```python >>> s = pd.Series(["abc", "def"], dtype=pd.ArrowDtype(pa.string())) >>> s.str.startswith(("a", "d")) Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> File "D:\pandasdev\pandas\core\strings\accessor.py", line 137, in wrapper return func(self, *args, **kwargs) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "D:\pandasdev\pandas\core\strings\accessor.py", line 2484, in startswith result = self._data.array._str_startswith(pat, na=na) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "D:\pandasdev\pandas\core\arrays\arrow\array.py", line 2178, in _str_startswith result = pc.starts_with(self._pa_array, pattern=pat) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "D:\pd_dev_1208\Lib\site-packages\pyarrow\compute.py", line 259, in wrapper options = _handle_options(func_name, options_class, options, ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "D:\pd_dev_1208\Lib\site-packages\pyarrow\compute.py", line 222, in _handle_options return options_class(*args, **kwargs) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "pyarrow\_compute.pyx", line 1107, in pyarrow._compute.MatchSubstringOptions.__init__ File "pyarrow\_compute.pyx", line 1090, in pyarrow._compute._MatchSubstringOptions._set_options File "stringsource", line 15, in string.from_py.__pyx_convert_string_from_py_std__in_string TypeError: expected bytes, tuple found >>> ``` ### Issue Description An error is raised, when the call should succeed. ### Expected Behavior ``` >>> s = pd.Series(["abc", "def"], dtype=pd.StringDtype()) >>> s.str.startswith(("a", "d")) 0 True 1 True dtype: boolean >>> ``` ### Installed Versions <details> INSTALLED VERSIONS ------------------ commit : f0b61c561858da28d22a1df7c03787ce8f1b482f python : 3.11.4.final.0 python-bits : 64 OS : Windows OS-release : 10 Version : 10.0.22631 machine : AMD64 processor : Intel64 Family 6 Model 151 Stepping 2, GenuineIntel byteorder : little LC_ALL : None LANG : None LOCALE : English_United States.1252 pandas : 2.1.0.dev0+2318.gf0b61c5618 numpy : 1.26.2 pytz : 2023.3.post1 dateutil : 2.8.2 setuptools : 68.2.2 pip : 23.3.1 Cython : 3.0.5 pytest : 7.4.3 hypothesis : 6.91.1 sphinx : 6.2.1 blosc : 1.11.1 feather : None xlsxwriter : 3.1.9 lxml.etree : 4.9.3 html5lib : 1.1 pymysql : 1.4.6 psycopg2 : 2.9.9 jinja2 : 3.1.2 IPython : 8.18.1 pandas_datareader : None adbc-driver-postgresql: None adbc-driver-sqlite : None bs4 : 4.12.2 bottleneck : 1.3.7 dataframe-api-compat : None fastparquet : 2023.10.1 fsspec : 2023.12.1 gcsfs : 2023.12.1 matplotlib : 3.8.2 numba : 0.58.1 numexpr : 2.8.7 odfpy : None openpyxl : 3.1.2 pandas_gbq : None pyarrow : 14.0.1 pyreadstat : 1.2.5 python-calamine : None pyxlsb : 1.0.10 s3fs : 2023.12.1 scipy : 1.11.4 sqlalchemy : 2.0.23 tables : 3.9.2 tabulate : 0.9.0 xarray : 2023.11.0 xlrd : 2.0.1 zstandard : 0.22.0 tzdata : 2023.3 qtpy : None pyqt5 : None >>> </details>