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Misogyny Within Society
Dress like this,
Dress like that,
Don’t wear that in public at all,
Shave your arms,
Shave your legs,
Make sure you are a blank canvas,
For others to write rules,
For others to write regulations,
For others to write wage gaps,
For others to write “back handed compliments”
Yet if your canvas is damaged,
Left with no love or care,
You are left to repair it yourself,
Your canvas with rules from others,
Ruined because of non-consent,
You were a masterpiece once,
Ruined by the Misogyny,
Engrained within our society.
Dress like that,
Don’t wear that in public at all,
Shave your arms,
Shave your legs,
Make sure you are a blank canvas,
For others to write rules,
For others to write regulations,
For others to write wage gaps,
For others to write “back handed compliments”
Yet if your canvas is damaged,
Left with no love or care,
You are left to repair it yourself,
Your canvas with rules from others,
Ruined because of non-consent,
You were a masterpiece once,
Ruined by the Misogyny,
Engrained within our society.
Published 8th Mar 2021
Author's Note
As a woman I have observed during my life that misogyny is engrained within our society. It’s cruel, it’s hard to overcome, and it affects woman at all ages. I was always told what to do, what to look like, what to sound like, how to dress, etc. It’s empowering calling out my experience and knowing I can become who I want to be as a woman, not what society wants me to be.
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8th Mar 2021 3:17am
10th Mar 2021 1:19am
what I say is the hell with Society do what your heart says and how you feel about your self
