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"The Lady's Dressing Room" is a satirical poem written by Jonathan Swift in 1732.

This poem is about a young man named Strephon who ventures into the dressing room of his lover Cecilia while she is away. His experience is rather unpleasant as the reader is given a detailed description of the contents of the room. Among the things that Strephon finds are a smock stained beneath the armpits, towels that have been covered in "dirt, and sweat, and ear-wax" (line 46), tweezers used for plucking hairs from Celia's chin, jars of puppy urine (used as a cosmetic), and a large box containing Celia's waste. Strephon is horrified by the experience and is forever disgusted by women.