Dovina23 May 2005
Now it's my turn to say, calm down.
Iâll admit to indulging in what (correct if I misinterpret) you see as possibly feminist words. I donât like to think of them as feminist (meaning to promote female esteem) but rather feminine (expressing a female point of view). I donât want this poem seen as a position that favors women. Rather I want it to show how a woman feels when a man is sensitive enough to say words that raise her self-respect and make her feel that he sees more in her than she previously saw in herself, and in addition when he connects her with her history.
A woman might have provided that for me or a gay man (I have a couple of gay friends) but when added to the conversation, I feel the nuzzle of his nose on my ear, and purely masculine emotional support, well, the thing was overwhelming.