We teach
girls to shrink themselves
To make themselves
smaller
We say to
girls, "You can have
ambition
But not too
much
You should aim to
be successful
But not too
successful
Otherwise you will
threaten the man."
Because I am
female
I am expected to
aspire to marriage
I am expected to
make my life choices
Always keeping in
mind that
Marriage is the
most important
Now marriage can
be a source of
Joy and love and
mutual support
But why do we
teach girls to aspire to marriage
And we don't
teach boys the same?
We raise girls to
see each other as competitors
Not for jobs or
for accomplishments
Which I think can
be a good thing
But for the
attention of men
We teach girls that they cannot be sexual beings
In the way that boys are
Feminist: the person who believes in the social
Political, and economic equality of the
sexes
