General Review Of The Sex Situation

Dorothy Parker

Woman wants monogamy;
Man delights in novelty.
Love is woman’s moon and sun;
Man has other forms of fun.
Woman lives but in her lord;
Count to ten, and man is bored.
With this the gist and sum of it,
What earthly good can come of it?

Next 10 Poems

• Dorothy Parker : George Gissing
• Dorothy Parker : George Sand
• Dorothy Parker : Godmother
• Dorothy Parker : Godspeed
• Dorothy Parker : Guinevere At Her Fireside
• Dorothy Parker : Harriet Beecher Stowe
• Dorothy Parker : Healed
• Dorothy Parker : Hearthside
• Dorothy Parker : I Know I Have Been Happiest
• Dorothy Parker : I Shall Come Back

Previous 10 Poems

• Dorothy Parker : Garden-spot
• Dorothy Parker : Fulfillment
• Dorothy Parker : Frustration
• Dorothy Parker : From A Letter From Lesbia
• Dorothy Parker : For An Unknown Lady
• Dorothy Parker : For A Sad Lady
• Dorothy Parker : For A Lady Who Must Write Verse
• Dorothy Parker : For A Favorite Granddaughter
• Dorothy Parker : Finis
• Dorothy Parker : Fighting Words