Some Men and Society

Some views on the disadvantages/advantages of men and women.

All my life as a young girl I was constantly told "its just how it is." I have been taught that a man holds a higher power than me. He is the "dominant". Whether he is in the wrong I have to respect it because I am just a girl. I have been shown that giving out a fake number is safer than saying no. In some cases what I wear makes it my fault for a man's actions. As a female, in certain situations my opinion does not matter. It is not held as high as a male's opinion. A man respects another man more than myself. They feel entitled to your body. I am not written in braille, you do not need to put your hands on me in order to understand. Us ladies are expected to say fire while in danger of getting assaulted or else somebody will not get involved nor pay attention. We are seen as sex objects. Why when I am a grade school age, I am taught that a boy being hurtful is a sign of affection? We are taught to not leave our drinks unattended but some boys are not taught to not drug somebody? Why is it considered an insult to call a man a girl? It is as if people are making it seem that being a woman is an utmost insult. Whatever us women do, we have to do it twice as well as a man for it to even be accepted as an ordinary act. We should not have to limit out selves to things only a man is "capable" of doing just because some will not acknowledge out skill sets. You are not going to tell me who I am, I am going to tell you who I am. I am mine before I am ever anybody else's.

Reviews

[Carrie.]

All perfectly valid points. I agree with the content.

Critique, though. This isn't a poem. It's a rant or a blog post or simply musings. I don't want to sound like "The Poem Police" or turn you off to writing, it's just not under the right category. There's plenty of ways to explore and turn this into a poem.

Secondly, grammar. It's important. Your point gets lost when the reader is distracted by poor grammar.

I don't mean to be overly critical or seem mean. This is just my opinion.

-Carrie.

[Jessie V]

Thank you so much, but yes I knew this was not a poem I just couldn't figure out what category to put it in.