Tell the Women We're Going

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literary work short story

"Tell the Women We're Going" is a dark, violent short story by Raymond Carver that explores male friendship, misogyny, and sudden brutality.

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Label	Occurrences
Tell the Women We’re Going	2
Tell the Women We're Going canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12875661 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

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Target entity: Tell the Women We're Going
Context triple: [What We Talk About When We Talk About Love, containsShortStory, Tell the Women We're Going]

A. Up the Women
Up the Women is a British sitcom set in 1910 that follows a group of women in a small English town as they become involved in the suffragette movement.
B. Two Women
Two Women is a Russian drama film directed by Vera Glagoleva, adapted from Ivan Turgenev’s play "A Month in the Country" and known for its period setting and emotional romantic entanglements.
C. Two Women
Two Women is a 1960 Italian war drama film directed by Vittorio De Sica, best known for Sophia Loren’s Oscar-winning performance as a mother struggling to protect her daughter during World War II.
D. Four Women
"Four Women" is a powerful 1966 song by Nina Simone that portrays the struggles and identities of four Black women, highlighting themes of racism, sexism, and resilience.
E. All Your Women Things
"All Your Women Things" is a melancholic folk song by the Mountain Goats, known for its intimate storytelling and emotional lyricism.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Tell the Women We're Going
Target entity description: "Tell the Women We're Going" is a dark, violent short story by Raymond Carver that explores male friendship, misogyny, and sudden brutality.

A. Up the Women
Up the Women is a British sitcom set in 1910 that follows a group of women in a small English town as they become involved in the suffragette movement.
B. Two Women
Two Women is a Russian drama film directed by Vera Glagoleva, adapted from Ivan Turgenev’s play "A Month in the Country" and known for its period setting and emotional romantic entanglements.
C. Two Women
Two Women is a 1960 Italian war drama film directed by Vittorio De Sica, best known for Sophia Loren’s Oscar-winning performance as a mother struggling to protect her daughter during World War II.
D. Four Women
"Four Women" is a powerful 1966 song by Nina Simone that portrays the struggles and identities of four Black women, highlighting themes of racism, sexism, and resilience.
E. All Your Women Things
"All Your Women Things" is a melancholic folk song by the Mountain Goats, known for its intimate storytelling and emotional lyricism.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	literary work ⓘ short story ⓘ
author	Raymond Carver ⓘ
centralConflict	male aggression toward women ⓘ tension between ordinary life and sudden brutality ⓘ
character	Bill ⓘ Jerry ⓘ two young women ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
criticalDiscussion	often cited in analyses of Carver's treatment of violence ⓘ used in scholarship on representations of misogyny in Carver's work ⓘ
firstPublicationForm	short story collection ⓘ
genre	dark fiction ⓘ realist fiction ⓘ short fiction ⓘ
hasViolentContent	true ⓘ
includedIn	What We Talk About When We Talk About Love ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
literaryForm	prose ⓘ
literaryMovement	dirty realism ⓘ
medium	print ⓘ
narrativeTone	dark ⓘ violent ⓘ
notableFor	abrupt shift from mundane to horrific events ⓘ economical, understated narration of violence ⓘ
period	late 20th century American literature ⓘ
plotElement	encounter escalates into brutal violence ⓘ two male friends follow two young women ⓘ
portrays	banality of evil ⓘ toxic masculinity ⓘ
protagonist	Bill ⓘ Jerry ⓘ
publicationYear	1981 ⓘ
publisher	Alfred A. Knopf ⓘ
relatedWorkByAuthor	So Much Water So Close to Home ⓘ What We Talk About When We Talk About Love (short story) ⓘ linked to: What We Talk About When We Talk About Love
setting	American suburb ⓘ rural area outside town ⓘ
style	minimalist prose ⓘ
targetAudience	adult readers ⓘ
theme	alienation ⓘ everyday brutality ⓘ male friendship ⓘ misogyny ⓘ sudden violence ⓘ working-class life ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

What We Talk About When We Talk About Love → containsShortStory → Tell the Women We're Going ⓘ

Where I'm Calling From → containsWork → Tell the Women We’re Going ⓘ

linked to: Tell the Women We're Going

Raymond Carver bibliography → includesWork → Tell the Women We’re Going ⓘ