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What does it mean?
The speaker identifies themselves as belonging to a group that experiences sorrow, using the term 'weeper sex' to denote a gendered tendency toward sadness.
In plain terms
I am part of a group that weeps.
What can you take from it?
Acknowledge shared emotional experiences within a community.

Where it applies

  • support groups
  • literary analysis

Putting it to work

  • empathy building
  • writing memoirs

Questions to consider

  • Who does 'weeper sex' include?
  • Does labeling help or limit expression?

Another view

The phrasing may be ambiguous about who 'weeper sex' refers to.

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