Simplistic Solutions: Sexism Poem by Terence George Craddock (Spectral Images and Images Of Light)

They tell me men
label all women
according to body parts?

(Who women?) feminists?
(Does this include gay men?)

(Stereotypical comments
sweeping statements
such as these are useless
divisive generalizations.)

That women are not appreciated
recognized for their true worth?

(Does worth equal potential or quality?)
(Workers are paid according to qualifications
little pieces of paper diplomas degrees
at market value country economy sustains.)

(To pay women less for equal same work
with equal qualifications is gender discrimination
an appalling waste of talent human resources.)

That a lack of cleavage or beauty
lowers their female self esteem?

(More than myth I know!)
(Plastic surgery boasts public confidence
in both genders who can afford the price?)

(Beauty is an expensive trim age up keep
brains lack sex appeal visual ego attraction.)

Simplistic answers (condemnations) that deny
the way even men are publically seen perceived.

Raise your sons to stereotypes be strong
men never cry then wonder why men
cannot express emotions think stereotypes?


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