A woman poet once told me she'd noticed that the male of the species, when
giving a reading, assumed a stance with the pelvis thrust forward. Only she
put it a little less delicately. I've been observing since, and some of them
definitely do.
joanna
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From: "Mark Weiss" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, May 05, 2006 10:12 PM
Subject: Re: Poetry as Male Display
> The male poet's courtship display: we lift our tail feathers, puff out our
> chests and circle the female poet, who expresses interest by feigning
> confusion and attempting to run for the exit. Courtship success rate is so
> low that the species is constantly threatened with extinction.
>
>
> At 04:51 PM 5/5/2006, you wrote:
>>>She's plain wrong. But where would be the hermeneutic fun in that? I'd
>>>point
>>>to what Walter Ong has to say about the feminisation of discourse in the
>>>early-modern period [in Orality & Literacy]. It may not be on display,
>>>but
>>>it is pretty fundamental in its importance.
>>
>>
>>I'm so glad you said that - whoever you are?!
>>
>>'She's plain wrong'
>>
>>Lovely.
>>
>>Tina
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