Pocket Feminism

When did teaching a woman how to cover her shoulders and legs and teaching a man that their personal attractions control us, become part of the curriculum? When did teaching a woman how to protect herself in an attack and teaching a man how to commit an attack, become part of the curriculum? When did teaching a woman that our bodies are weaker then men’s so we must protect ourselves and teaching a man that their minds are inferior so rape is okay, become part of the curriculum? When did a woman’s virginity become something that’s embarrassing to hold on to? When did a woman’s virginity become a prize when her first time was not consented? When did a woman’s virginity become something she is both terrified to lose and mortified to keep? When did the world become a place where we teach men that they can control women, teach men that rape is okay, teach men that they are stronger? When did the world become a place where half of our population lives in fear and the other half is power hungry? When did the world become a place where half of us must hide who we are and the other half shoves who they are down our throats? When did the world become a place like this?