Misogyny
Times past, I was bound by the rules,
kept in the home, kept busy with chores,
told who to marry, ordered, commanded
and kept from life by marginalising laws.
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I had a taste of life where I could be me,
I travelled, I studied, I worked with zeal,
I felt the sun on my face and grew strong,
nurtured by books and treated as real.
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Now, I hurt, the bitter taste in my mouth
of commands,…
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