Why I Quit Tech and Became a Therapist

Re:Why I Quit Tech and Became a Therapist by mfoy_ on Monday March 11, 2019 @03:33PM (#19362035)

I think it's very possible to read the last few lines in a non-gendered light. You have to want it to be misogynistic in order to interpret it as such.

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Re:Why I Quit Tech and Became a Therapist by gowld on Monday March 11, 2019 @04:00PM (#19362235)

I'm not sure I agree, madam.

There is a gulf between "misogynistic" and "being part of a culture that largely ignores women". It strains credulity to claim that the words "son" and "man" don't draw males closer and push females away. Any one poem is a "micro", but it adds up across the culture.

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Re:Why I Quit Tech and Became a Therapist by mfoy_ on Monday March 11, 2019 @05:27PM (#19362997)

I'll play the historical context card here. At the time the poem was written, that language perfectly evoked the image the author was going for.

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Re:Why I Quit Tech and Became a Therapist by andromedavision on Monday March 11, 2019 @03:41PM (#19362097)

Absolutely. It's incredibly innocuous.

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