{"id":640,"date":"2010-04-20T09:50:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-20T09:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ink.verticalplus.co.uk\/archive\/?p=640"},"modified":"2010-04-20T09:50:00","modified_gmt":"2010-04-20T09:50:00","slug":"barbara-mccarthy-has-an-owners-manual-for-subdued-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/barbara-mccarthy-has-an-owners-manual-for-subdued-women\/","title":{"rendered":"Barbara McCarthy has an owners manual for subdued women"},"content":{"rendered":"


Medicate or Rape Her: An Owner\u2019s Manual on How to Quiet a Woman<\/span>


Fill her up with compliments; fill her up with food,<\/span>
Undermine her confidence; tell her she\u2019s a fool,<\/span>
Buy her drinks then fuck her,<\/span>
Then call her fat when through,<\/span>
Slap her when she speaks up, then tell her I love you,<\/span>

Tattoo her with your name, to show her that you own her,<\/span>
Keep her from her friends until she\u2019s just a loner,<\/span>
 <\/span>
Pull the phone from the wall when she tries to call for help,<\/span>
Then fuck her up the ass until she has no sense of self,<\/span>

Medicate her tears to push down all that anger,<\/span>
\u2018Cause in the end she just really wants a willful man to bang her,<\/span>
Keep her numb and question-less with pills and electric to her brain,<\/span>
Watch those brain cells die, and make \u201cYes doctor\u201d her refrain,<\/span>

Quiet her with your fists, make her flinch and cower,<\/span>
Corner her in a room, to show her who has power,<\/span>
Fuck her in her mouth, to end her constant nagging,<\/span>
Bruise her where it will not show, to keep the neighbor\u2019s tongues from wagging,<\/span>

Give her all the pills she needs for moods and endless diets,<\/span>
Eventually you\u2019ll get the gift, of blessed peace and quiet.<\/span>



* Barbara McCarthy<\/span> is a writer from New York City. She recently
\npublished three works \u2013 non-fiction and poetry in <\/span>The Legendary<\/span>.<\/span>

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