Misogyny ~ like all hatred ~ is on the rise among us.

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Recorded for (1:55): https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/neuur1hxgz7o4pm69tq0d/The-Woman-s-Fault.mp3?rlkey=msk94mtgbbpklhk5cpiul3exi&st=58mh8o0k&dl=0

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The Woman’s Fault

She should have knuckled under
Should have learned to bend the back
Decried no lie nor insult
No indignity or lack

She should have done whatever
She found necessary
Material gain to maintain ~
Bit down on every query

Past the point of comfort
Or any true meant welcome of
Past the point of justice
Past the point which even love,

While understanding motivation
All too perfectly,
Can with any moral comfort
In its presence be

When assured, assured again
Not once or twice but thrice,
It’s sorry her companions are
Accommodate her least device,

Instead of dragging every subject
Through the room and down the hall
And thenceforward out to pasture,
Making no impress at all

In his dim mind, she should have known
Which side her bread was buttered on ~
When to cover up the truth,
Whom to fawn upon

Just like any fascist line
Just like any Inquisition
Any base misogynist
Geek totalitarian

Through what we call patriarchal
“Human history”
(Which much more deserve the name
Of “planetwide disaster” be) ~

So long as she’s not bringing you
Your preference of salt,
Dressed in your approved attire ~
It was the woman’s fault

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