One commentator expounds
On May digging in stiletto heels,
As he, on shaky and unlevel grounds
Blames a government’s historic failure;
To reach a workable deal
(With a gall that even now astounds)
On the Prime Minister’s gender,
The interviewer does not question assertions
Made with usual, casual, lethal sexism
As the commentator mentions a lack of children
As if that were a reason for derision;
Or cause of brinkmanship or inflexibility,
Equating female ambition
With a leader’s inability
Or unwillingness to seek
To engage constitutionally,
As if the issue was women in politics
Or in the monarchy,
As if there were the statistics
To back up such misogyny;
Too few women have led
To make such sweeping analogy,
It is not May’s womanhood
For which she owes apology.
