Peter:
I thought he was a gentleman with such *high* ideals, but basically when he
comes *down* to it in *the end*(pardon the pun) he likes a good perve! I
think the poem explores this through humour.
HH
>From: Peter Howard <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: Re: re interview with a gentleman
>Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 18:24:37 +0100
>
>On Mon, 18 Sep 2000, Sheenagh Pugh wrote...
>
> >I thought it was self-evident that the best thing
> >any woman could be was 18 ---
>
>Sheenagh,
>
>'Twas me who claimed it was sexist. And I think you rather prove my
>point when you add...
>
> >or any man, come to
> >that.
>
>...since this isn't what the Gentleman says. I didn't think it was, in
>itself, likely to be offensively sexist, and as Helen (I think) said, it
>made a great punch-line. Nevertheless, it seems to me that it's
>indicative of someone who regards women and men very differently, with
>the former having a primarily decorative function. I interpreted the
>Gentleman's remark as suggesting that it was for the man's benefit that
>the woman was 18. I suppose it could be that he was suggesting that men
>hold their truthfulness above their beauty, and women vice versa. But
>that would make it worse, wouldn't it?
>
>Best,
>--
>Peter
>
>http://www.hphoward.demon.co.uk/poetry/
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