Diving Into the Wreck

I know no one agrees with me, but I still don't see this as a feminist poem. I think she's literally diving ito a shipwreck. The "book of myths" is just that: a book of stories surrounding the shipwreck, which have been written by sailors and explorers of times passed. The "merman in his armored body" represents the explorers that came before her (indicating that, perhaps, the wreck was discovered by a man--though that has no bearing on the meaning). The reason that "our names do not appear" in the book of myths is because even though Rich has gone into this wreck, and explored every crevice, just as explorers before her did, she will get no credit. Her name, nor the names of other modern explorers, will ever be credited for diving into the same wreck. If the book of myths were the Bible, the line "our names do not appear" would not make sense. There were tons of women in the Bible, and many had names. Now you're going to say "Many, but not all." Well, I'll point out then, that many men have names in the Bible, but not all. It's not about sexism. It's about a shipwreck and how Rich has explored said wreck, and she feels a little sad that textbooks won't list her among those who discovered the wreck.
I don't think your sexual preferences have any bearing on whether or not you like to go diving.