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Dreams


Ive always wanted to be on TV. 

I've dreamed about it thousands of times.

lt would be me on a Oprahs couch and we'd be talking about my life she would ask what should the audience know about you  

Id say if there's 2 things you have to know about me it would be that I love to be completely honest and to express my opinions 

So to be honest, I don't like the way society is raising women 

By age 5 they learn how to be sexy  before they can spell it 

By 10 they are taught how to apply something rather than apply something 

By 15 they learn that beauty is a test graded on curves, but if they had them they would fail 

By age 20 their concept of beauty is dictated by a box that can easily be turned off 

Now let me express my opinions

I hate how make up creates this false perception
Skinny has become the newest sensation

Personality has been backdoored by physical attraction 

And I hate how men we sometimes use women claiming we're here for PROTECTION  Knowing we really want a night using PROTECTION 

You know a day of ATTRACTION ending in RELATIONS 

As we lower our pants without HESITATION 

So we spoon feed women self hatred

and let them wash it down with lies

And as a man I hate how we are raised too

We are taught that in between a womens legs should only be used for target practice 

And That women are goals we must set and challenges to complete

We are encouraged  to score score score  But when she scores shes a whore

I'm worried that this trend will never end 

So this isn't just my expression this is my gettysburg address 

To all the women who think its okay to be portrayed like this and all the men who add on to the objectification of the very "thing" that brought them into existence 

Please Stop

Then Oprah would say wow jakeel what inspired this I

And id say  I have a sister and shes important to me

i just want her to be herself and not worry how society thinks she ought to be seen

 

Lets change the societal view of women.

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