Comment on Differences of Opinion by Wendy Cope

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grrgyle@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

Oh yeah totally, the poem is already so gendered.

The “he” and “she” lend themselves to commenting on cishet dynamics, patriarchy; related incumbent power structures in the way “he” in the poem dismisses “her” arguments and tone and just waits her out.

It reminds me so much of the toxic relationships I know of where the woman’s perspective is viewed as emotional, radical, and so not privileged with serious consideration.

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