187: Patriarchy

Building up a head of steam
watch out I’m gonna blow
what passes for entertainment now
Is humour that’s so low.

Am I the only one
who sees this insidious patriarchy
this continuous passive aggression
that runs through today’s society?

Surely we are better than this?
Surely there is more that we can create to entertain
than this misogynistic trash
that makes the blood boil in my veins?

Comedians that denigrate female relatives
and vulgarise all commentary on women;
iconic popular culture films
with cheap parodies, so lame.

I listen and madly roar
why, is this still ok?
The
       “She’s only a woman”
                                             line
should’ve long been put away in shame.

What passes for comedy
is just filth, profanity
and weak male chauvinistic banality
said tongue-in-cheek, ad infinitum
because no woman could take offence at that

“Right?”

Because it’s just a joke!
Everybody knows we don’t mean it!
So that’s alright

“Right?”

But you do.
You perpetuate the lies.
You laugh and you despise.
Get off your high horse
you came from between my thighs
yet you disrespect and trivialise
the women that gave you life.

Lady Satellite