I hear the chirping of feeble arguments
\nBacked by social intimidation and lies
\nTurning the tables, so quick to cry offense
\nAnecdotal evidence, that is all they offer
\nPoor frightened warrior, who can’t take the heat
\nBut won’t go in the kitchen, not even for herself
\nBecause she is disadvantaged, underprivileged,
\nOppressed, a carrion on the hunt for flesh
\nJust like not every XX wants to be a CEO
\nBut would rather raise their children instead,
\nXY cannot be lump summed and attacked
\nWhen most of us are not your enemy
\nYet we are objectified and subjugated
\nBy the same oppressive banner you raise
\nThe flag which you claim makes you victim
\nThe flag which you stake your claim over us
\nIt seems to me, quite honestly,
\nthat from your loins, our children spring
\nYet you speak of the oppressive patriarchy
\nBut only up until quite recently
\nHave men been present from work to be there,
\nphysically, emotionally, paternally, influentially
\nSo the kids have learned what, from who, specifically?
\nThe pyramid is built from your maternal base
\nPhysically, emotionally, maternally, influentially
\nInstead of pointing at the XY and blaming their absence
\nI can hear the outcry now, because I dared
\nTo attack the ivory tower from which you draw power
\nAnd feed the fruits of patriarchal society
\nThe seeds are sown against your own ends
\nThus are the thorned roots of the feminist tree.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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