"Satire is a literary genre that contains irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like in exposing, denouncing, or mocking vice." The issue at hand is that women did not have the same fundamental rights and freedoms as men. Therefore, they could not have the same jobs or be completely independent. During the 18th century, when the poem was written, sexism was common and a satirical poem became difficult to understand due to the many distorted opinions. Women saw it as an attack on them, further establishing their superiority over men, and men saw it as a reason to maintain the status quo. Of course, in those days, mass public education was not available and many people took what they read at face value. For example, if we only read individual lines of poetry and take them for what they mean, then the meanings are disputed. If we read the entire poem, we understand its true meaning. For example, when Strephon dips his hand in hopes of finding something in Celia's chest to dissociate everything he found before, but finds that he has dipped his hand in feces. This is symbolic for men who misunderstand the value of women because they do the same things as them every now and then. Many examples of sweat and dirt on towels or armpit stains also build on the point of how similar the two sexes are. Smith purposely used such lines in the hope that the reader