Soon after, it is implied that the woman sees the speaker’s penis, and that it is not, in fact, big and demanding, but to save face, the man tells her that he is “almost a girl himself” and “can can understand why she is shocked.” The speaker gets on his knees in desperation, an act which the woman falls for, and suddenly the man tries to reel her in further by talking of children. Subsequently, the man loses control— asking for forgiveness as he reaches for her panties—when the woman tries to pacify him. The poem then conveys some animalistic imagery in the lines “she squirms and you howl like a wolf. Your craving seems monumental.” In using such predatory diction, the speaker seems to imply that relationships during this time period could be thought of as “no means yes” and may be subtly trying say that there is an ongoing rape culture during the mid-20th
Soon after, it is implied that the woman sees the speaker’s penis, and that it is not, in fact, big and demanding, but to save face, the man tells her that he is “almost a girl himself” and “can can understand why she is shocked.” The speaker gets on his knees in desperation, an act which the woman falls for, and suddenly the man tries to reel her in further by talking of children. Subsequently, the man loses control— asking for forgiveness as he reaches for her panties—when the woman tries to pacify him. The poem then conveys some animalistic imagery in the lines “she squirms and you howl like a wolf. Your craving seems monumental.” In using such predatory diction, the speaker seems to imply that relationships during this time period could be thought of as “no means yes” and may be subtly trying say that there is an ongoing rape culture during the mid-20th