A woman's perspective
America the great:
I can vote but I’ve only had this so called right
for less than a hundred years
I can work but I only make seventy-eight cents
to my male counterparts dollar
America the great:
The government places laws on my body
When I can and cannot terminate a pregnancy
sometimes placing a fertilized egg’s “life” over my own.
Telling me I can’t breastfeed my child in public
telling me it’s “indecent.”
The phrase “she was asking for it” is thrown
around as often as we breathe.
As if I should consider who might not be able to “control”
themselves at the presence of my skin.
As if I should expect to be attacked if I drink too much.
Or flirt too much.
Or if I am unconscious.
America the great:
Where women have been killed for
rejecting catcalls and requests for phone numbers.
Where the President of
the United States said
“grab them by the pussy you can do anything”
in regards to what you can do to a woman.
Because he said: “it’s impossible to be a ten if you’re flat chested.”
America the great:
(Great only if you aren't different)