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Fight Over Freedom


Women are weak. We should vote. We do not belong on front lines. Anorexia is bad. You should not bulk up sweetie, you look like a man. Engineering? Really? We should have more rights! I don't want you in the Marine corps, you're my little girl. Girls can be engineers? You're on robotics? Women aren't as fast, it's scientifically proven. You can't pull him off the battlefield. Our society has become too large to ever give women full equality. We have spent too much time setting tables and serving men. The comments ring in your ears. There are those protecting your rights. And there are those still stuck in chivalry. I have yet to break the cycle of torment. Or maybe I just did..
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