Anne Sexton's decision to make the two "PHD's" male may have had that profound meaning. But, within the poem, the human race really didn't plan on ending itself. The two PHD's may have just been the leading astronauts on the project of making Venus habitable. The people of earth didn't blow themselves until after the PHD's had reported their success.
I think it's really cool to imagine what it would be like to be one of the last two humans alive. It's pretty heavy stuff.
Also, the death of Earth in this poem occurs simultaneously with the birth of life on another planet. I thought that was noteworthy.
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