What Does It Mean To Be a Woman

What Does it Mean to be a Woman? What does it mean to be a woman? What does it mean to suffice? It means to overcome suppression, By men as cold as ice. I suspect you know about the cruelty, Of history and its legacy, And that you yourself can change our society, Away from this harsh, insidious fallacy. That we are different from men, In any way apart from physically, Is an ignorant misconception, That should be quashed entirely. Women and men are like a rope, Two separate strands twisted together; Both strong and individual, independent, But to each other they are important. Without both sexes you wouldn't have kids, The continuation of life and humanity, Where many affairs and relationships occur to give, Much happiness, freedom and proclivity. But the relationship facet of daily life, Can be very distastefully circumvented; You can be sexually abused in childhood and raped, And then not taken seriously or respected. Being female means that you need to justify your intellect, To validate it and maintain its vitality, In replies to teachers, lecturers and college friends: Reactions will tire you, and you will not comprehend. When you're employed, you just have to ignore the signs, Men give you when they're not mellow or tactile; You just need to chill out and get on with things energetically, ‘Cos you know you don't need them to be upwardly mobile. And worse, you're considered second in the family, ‘Cos your brother is always way more important; He's the pride of his eternally doting parents, When you're just left with a specific love quotient. Feminism is old, but it is still really young, There's so much more talking to be done, For a world with no rape, jousting and evil glares - We all need to climb a few more stairs.