this is my

rambling rant about feminism

yeah

fuck the patriarchy

my brother gets mad when I say that

he says

“you can’t blame everything on the patriarchy”

but uh

I can

because men

(cisgender heterosexual white men especially)

are taught from birth

that they are better

the superior gender

anything that comes out of their mouths

is automatically more important

than it would be

had it been said by a woman

they are taught

that they have a right

to women’s bodies

because

“if I’m getting a blowjob

I’d be pissed if she didn’t take her bra off”

as if you deserve to see her naked

as if you shouldn’t be grateful

that she’s putting her mouth on your penis

no

you deserve more

because you’re better

and if a girl

doesn’t want to have sex with you

she’s a prude

but if she wants it too much

or from somebody else

she’s a slut

and if somebody is weak

you call them a pussy

but I will have you know

that I can shove a ten pound baby

out of my vagina

and I shed the inner lining

of one of my internal organs

once a month

but if I kick you in the dick

you’ll probably cry

and drop the extra large gatorade

you bought to compensate

for your small penis

as you may know

for every dollar that a man makes

a woman makes seventy cents

which doesn’t make sense

to me

because do you know

how expensive tampons are?

and bras?

society pressures us

to wear nice clothes

and nice make up

(both of which cost a shit ton)

but then we get paid less

because we are somehow

inferior

and did you know

that a person’s most basic legal right

is to their own body?

even if you die

nobody can take your organs

unless you previously expressed consent

but we can legally force women

to carry a child to term

and push it out

of their vaginas

because abortion is murder

if a dead person

has a kidney

that could save someone’s life

but they don’t give it

and the person dies

is that murder?

why do dead people

have more rights

than women

yes

there are people starving in Africa

and America

but just because their problems are bigger

doesn’t mean that mine are nonexistent

gender roles

are romanticized

“I want it more like the 20’s or 50’s”

really?

because the first women

to wear shorts

in public

caused a car crash

and were promptly arrested

I should maybe

fact-check that

but in french

woman and girl

are the same words

as wife and daughter

in the old days

“Miss” told people who your father was

you belonged to your father

you were not yet married

“Mrs” said who your husband was

you belonged to you husband

a broodmare

maid

cook

nanny

and whore

you existed to please

“Ms” meant feminist

independant

it had an undeniably negative connotation

now

our bodies are shamed

stripped bare by the media

covered up by schools

because if a boy can’t focus

because my bra strap is showing

it is my fault for tempting him

eating disorders run rampant

the space between

some girls thighs

sexualized

collar bones

sexualized

women

dehumanized

raped

beaten

harassed

silenced

I am a feminist

because I believe that women

shouldn’t have to be

silent.