Loy makes her appeal to women: “Be Brave & deny at the outset—that pathetic clap-trap war cry Woman is the equal of man—/ for / She is NOT!” (153). She asks women to reject this ridiculous idea of becoming men’s equal because it will never happen. She describes this idea as “pathetic,” because male Futurist 's are the first males to want to help feminist’s gain their rights in society, but only for their own benefit. She also states that is is a “clap-trap war cry” which signifies how this equality talk was just a flashy and showy appeal used by men to gain the attention of women for their war efforts. Loy, on the other hand, desires to help women find their agency without the help of man. Loy’s work responds to Marinetti’s manifesto “Against Sentimentalized Love and Parliamentarianism,” which both enhances and complicates Loy’s argument for women to take
Loy makes her appeal to women: “Be Brave & deny at the outset—that pathetic clap-trap war cry Woman is the equal of man—/ for / She is NOT!” (153). She asks women to reject this ridiculous idea of becoming men’s equal because it will never happen. She describes this idea as “pathetic,” because male Futurist 's are the first males to want to help feminist’s gain their rights in society, but only for their own benefit. She also states that is is a “clap-trap war cry” which signifies how this equality talk was just a flashy and showy appeal used by men to gain the attention of women for their war efforts. Loy, on the other hand, desires to help women find their agency without the help of man. Loy’s work responds to Marinetti’s manifesto “Against Sentimentalized Love and Parliamentarianism,” which both enhances and complicates Loy’s argument for women to take