I saw it as pure humor. It was neutrally created and presented - not sexist.
On Wed, Sep 4, 2019, 10:41 AM Patrick McManus <
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> Thanks Doug and Sheila ---- someone said to me the other day that the
> poem was sexist
>
> because it dealt with womens appearance and the pictures were painted by
> men
>
> I was surprised by this statement -what does anyone think?
>
> On 04/09/2019 17:23, Douglas Barbour wrote:
> > A nifty progression, Patrick (but a few too many ‘to’s).
> >
> > Doug
> >
> >> On Sep 4, 2019, at 8:58 AM, Sheila Murphy <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Now that is progress, Patrick! Lovely.
> >>
> >> On Wed, Sep 4, 2019, 12:43 AM Patrick McManus <
> >> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >>
> >>> ARTFUL
> >>>
> >>> she
> >>> developed
> >>> through life
> >>> from being
> >>> a teenage
> >>> Giacometti
> >>> stick figure
> >>> to a later
> >>> Toulouse Lautrec
> >>> Moulin Rouge
> >>> chorus dancer
> >>> to finally
> >>> as a pensioner
> >>> to a Ruben’s
> >>> voluptuous
> >>> masterpiece
> >>>
> >>> pmcmanus
> >>> s535
> >>>
> >>>
> > Douglas Barbour
> > [log in to unmask]
> > https://eclecticruckus.wordpress.com/
> >
> > Recent publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations &
> Continuations 2 (UofAPress).
> > Recording Dates (Rubicon Press).
> > Listen. If (UofAPress):
> >
> >
> >
> > ON THE LAKE
> >
> > reeds
> >
> > stalk
> >
> > reeds
> >
> > Nelson Ball
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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