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Originally posted by Roger Slater:
Though I don't think that doggie style invariably denies a woman her personhood, I'll avoid a nuanced discussion of sexual etiquette by pointing out that the speaker of this poem certainly thinks so, or at least, now that the relationship is over, is formulating a bitter complaint to that effect.
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I think it's the inevitability of the "turning over" that the speaker mentions here
But always, in that drive before you came,
you'd flip me over, finish doggy-style.
that takes a
wheeeee-fun positional variation and turns it into a
oh, oh there's something very wrong here weird personality defect.
So, yes, I agree with you, Roger, that it doesn't invariably deny a woman anything - but if it's consistant and if it's necessary to the man's functionability (is that a word?) to cross the finish line, then I do think there's more going on then purely physical positioning.
And just for the record, I still don't read anal sex into this. Not that it matters. It's just an interesting foray into the "what did the author really mean" realm. And wondering if it matters.
Lo
edited to add Cross-posted with Ann...and yeah, I can see a pondering on the possible desire for anal intercourse - but not the act itself having been committed.
[This message has been edited by Laura Heidy-Halberstein (edited May 07, 2008).]