03/01/2024
I am woman, hear me roar! We have faught long and hard for our rights as women, our sports, our position in the work place, and so on. We are amazing creatures and I can understand why a man may want to become one of us. But I refuse to let you trample our rights, sports, and what it actually means to be a real woman!
I Am Not A Dress Poem
BY BREN DOVE
WE ARE WOMEN, WE ARE WARRIORS OF STEEL,
WOMAN IS SOMETHING NO MAN WILL EVER FEEL,
WOMAN IS NOT A SKILL THAT ANY MAN CAN HOLD,
WOMAN IS OUR WORD, AND IT IS OURS ALONE,
I AM NOT A DRESS TO BE WORN ON A WHIM,
A MAN IN A DRESS IS NONETHELESS A HIM,
WOMEN ARE NOT SIMPLY WHAT WE WEAR,
IF THIS OFFENDS YOU, I DO NOT CARE,
I AM NOT AN IDEA IN ANY MAN’S MIND,
AND MY PURPOSE IN LIFE IS NOT TO BE KIND,
SO WHEN MY RIGHTS ARE TRAMPLED EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK,
I WILL NOT STAND BY BEING DOCILE AND MEEK,
I AM NOT DEFINED BY S*XISTS EYES,
THERE IS MORE TO A WOMAN THAN THAT SHALLOW GUISE,
THAT GUISE OF DRESSES, BIKINIS, AND SKIRTS,
THOSE CLOTHES ARE NOT WHAT WOMANHOOD IS WORTH,
I AM NOT A B****, A TERF, A W***E, A SLAG,
HYSTERICAL, A WITCH, A SLUT, A HAG,
NO, I AM A WOMAN, I’M A FEMALE,
WHO WILL NOT HER RIGHTS BE PUT UP FOR SALE,
I AM NOT DEFINED BY WHAT MEN ARE NOT,
SO TO HELL WITH CIS MISOGYNISTIC ROT,
I AM A WOMAN, I’M NOT A SUBSET OF MY S*X,
IF THIS MAKES ME A DINOSAUR, SO BE IT, I’M A T-REX,
I AM NOT A BLEEDER, NOR A MENSTRUATOR,
A WOMB CARRIER OR A UTERUS HAVER,
THOSE WORDS AND PHRASES ARE SUCH A SHAM,
JUST CALL ME WOMAN, IT IS WHO I AM,
WE ARE WOMEN, WE ARE WARRIORS OF STEEL,
WOMAN IS SOMETHING NO MAN WILL EVER FEEL,
WOMAN IS NOT A SKILL THAT ANY MAN CAN HOLD,
WOMAN IS OUR WORD, AND IT IS OURS ALONE
A THING OF BEAUTY, AND I’M NOT EVEN A FEMINIST.
I CAN, HOWEVER, IMAGINE WHAT IT’S LIKE TO BE A WOMAN THESE DAYS,
WHEN THE PATRIARCHY IS LITERALLY TAKING OVER WOMANHOOD BY “BECOMING” WOMEN THEMSELVES.
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