Down With The Bulletproof Stockings! Poem by John F. McCullagh

Down With The Bulletproof Stockings!



Imagine the outrage
If a band, all-male members,
Refuse to play tunes
for the opposite gender.

Imagine the uproar
The venue would face
For excluding a half
of their customer base.

"It's rank discrimination! "
The ladies would moan.
If the males got to listen
while the girls stayed at home.

Yet the Bulletproof Stockings,
That band that wears wigs,
Exclude guys from their concerts
Not just chauvinist pigs.

"It's a matter of Faith! "
The girl band members say;
No guys at their gigs!
No men hear them play.


Yet I've heard pious Pastry chefs
Don't get to choose.
If gay brides want a cake
It's a crime to refuse.

An Orthodox authoress
who published a tome
would be most put out
if male buyers stayed home.

So if girl musicians
seek public expression
They ought to think twice
about gender oppression.

Its great that they're keeping
an orthodox home.
But enough of these concerts
For women alone.

POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
An all girl orthodox Jewish rock band banned all male patrons from their concert and played for women only. Apparently Religion dictates that they are only to perform for the husbands, presumably as solo acts. Apparently their all female audience, who would cheerfully damn a baptist baker for discriminating against a gay married couple, see no harm in excluding male members from the audience. The band should change their name to the Bona Dea.
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