It's a very good poem. The best one of yours I've read. It's very modern in style and language. As I read it aloud I found myself drifting into a rap rhythm.

It's a style of poetry that reminds me of Baptist preachers working themselves up with their sermon on a Sunday morning. It draws you along, you get caught up in it.

As poetry, it's a good poem.

But it's not just a poem is it?

It's a cultural critique on the feminism of Western White Women. I would go so far as to call it a rejection of Western White Feminism.

I have heard this critique before though. From Phyllis Schafly (sp?). The woman who led the backlash against Feminist victories and practically killed the Equal Rights Amendment for Women in the US.

Her arguments were almost identical to those you are using.

I'm not going to say you're wrong in any of the points you raise. But what is it you want to do?

Your point seems to be, that for women. Getting their "freedom" just took away their traditional protections and roles. Replacing it with the "freedom" to get screwed over in completely new ways.

I refer you to the work of Wendy Wasserstein. This is not a new complaint.

What's your solution though? Do you want to go back to the past. Or do we keep moving forward, while trying to be kind to each other?