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1955

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ands!</h1>We were sold off like cattle, for a price. <a href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/dowry">A dowery</a>! Never allowed to have our own thoughts, opinions . . . LIFE! Women were the original slaves. And I hate to use that term lightly because I know (especially as an American) that our country was built on slavery.And I’ve had this discussion with people before and they sometimes get defensive and offended. But it’s true. We may not have been torn from our country and homes for the sole purpose of being slaves, as some have (Africans). We may not have been outright traded, auctioned, and bought and sold into slavery, per se. But we, as a gender, have always been property!So why do people (of bother genders) find it surprising when a woman (especially nowadays) chooses to be single, independent, and take care of herself? Why are we pitied and looked down upon? Why does society still tell us that women need to be taken care of and men need to be the ones to take care of us?<h1 id="354c">And don’t take this as an anti-man extreme feminist point of view because it’s not!</h1>I honestly believe in true EQUALITY! Man, woman, Black, White, Brown, Yellow, gay, straight, trans . . . whatever you identify as . . . Whatever you are . . . I believe we should all be EQUAL! I believe we should all be able to pull our own weight and take care of ourselves (when we can). I also believe those who need a little help should get it. If you’re blessed to be more fortunate than others, why would you not want to help when you can?Why are people so selfish and greedy? Why are we so afraid of someone else having more than us? Just because someone else may have more than you, doesn’t mean you don’t have enough. And just because you give to someone else doesn’t mean you’re diminishing your entire worth! Why is everything a competition? Wh

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y can’t people just be happy? Why do they always want more more more? When is enough ever enough?I know I’ve strayed from the actual topic of my introductory poem. But I think that’s partially why I’ve always pushed people away. Because in the United States, we preach independence and every man (woman) for himself. We’re built on <a href="https://www.dictionary.com/browse/capitalism#">capitalism</a>.Healthcare is a fucking luxury in this country. It’s not even a right! Being able to get medical care should be a basic human right! But here, if you can’t afford it, you don’t deserve it! And so many people are ok with that because they've been conditioned to believe that socialism is a bad thing!<h1 id="eb7d">We’re the captain fucking save a ho of countries!</h1>We love to point the finger and condemn other countries for being “classist” and “second world” and “less than” but won't even look in the fucking mirror and admit our mistakes and shortcomings. We’re fucking perfect and everyone should be just like us! But half of us are living in poverty and homelessness and this new made-up term called “<a href="https://hungerandhealth.feedingamerica.org/understand-food-insecurity/">food insecurity</a>!” They’re not food insecure . . . they’re fucking STARVING! They can’t afford food! Because their rent and their bills are so high, they can’t feed themselves or their families!And people wonder and judge why people like me have chosen to NOT have kids and a family! Because we CAN’T afford it! And why would we want to bring kids into this world? So they can suffer and fight and struggle to just get by? NO THANK YOU!I can barely take care of myself! I don’t need someone else in the picture. Someone else to worry about. Another mouth to feed. Another expense. Soneone to love me?!? To me, that would be selfish.</article></body>

It’s Not You, It’s Me

A woman’s perspective

I push you away, because I know you won’t stay!

So you take the blame, and I know it’s a shame!

But it keeps me from falling apart, having a stone in place of a heart!

Emotions are a weakness!

A luxury I can’t afford, to save myself I’ll swallow my own sword!

Your pity is not what I seek, but the fear of appearing weak . . .

That’s

The driving force inside me, an inescapable reality!

It’s fear, weakness I refuse to let you see!

No matter the circumstances . . .

STRONG!!!

Is all I can be!

I’ve always thought emotions were a weakness. I honestly don’t know where that came from. My parents never told me that. I don’t think it’s something anyone ever told me, verbally. I think it was ingrained in me, by society.

I think it was learned!

I think that’s the message we, as women, receive. But, now that I really think about it, it’s not just women. Men are conditioned to be strong as well. They’re supposed to provide for us [women]. And we’re supposed to let them. Men are supposed to be the strong providers and women are supposed to be the weak docile subservient’s. I mean, from the dawn of time, women have been . . . property!

We were the property of our fathers until we were married off and become the property of our husbands!

We were sold off like cattle, for a price. A dowery! Never allowed to have our own thoughts, opinions . . . LIFE! Women were the original slaves. And I hate to use that term lightly because I know (especially as an American) that our country was built on slavery.

And I’ve had this discussion with people before and they sometimes get defensive and offended. But it’s true. We may not have been torn from our country and homes for the sole purpose of being slaves, as some have (Africans). We may not have been outright traded, auctioned, and bought and sold into slavery, per se. But we, as a gender, have always been property!

So why do people (of bother genders) find it surprising when a woman (especially nowadays) chooses to be single, independent, and take care of herself? Why are we pitied and looked down upon? Why does society still tell us that women need to be taken care of and men need to be the ones to take care of us?

And don’t take this as an anti-man extreme feminist point of view because it’s not!

I honestly believe in true EQUALITY! Man, woman, Black, White, Brown, Yellow, gay, straight, trans . . . whatever you identify as . . . Whatever you are . . . I believe we should all be EQUAL! I believe we should all be able to pull our own weight and take care of ourselves (when we can). I also believe those who need a little help should get it. If you’re blessed to be more fortunate than others, why would you not want to help when you can?

Why are people so selfish and greedy? Why are we so afraid of someone else having more than us? Just because someone else may have more than you, doesn’t mean you don’t have enough. And just because you give to someone else doesn’t mean you’re diminishing your entire worth! Why is everything a competition? Why can’t people just be happy? Why do they always want more more more? When is enough ever enough?

I know I’ve strayed from the actual topic of my introductory poem. But I think that’s partially why I’ve always pushed people away. Because in the United States, we preach independence and every man (woman) for himself. We’re built on capitalism.

Healthcare is a fucking luxury in this country. It’s not even a right! Being able to get medical care should be a basic human right! But here, if you can’t afford it, you don’t deserve it! And so many people are ok with that because they've been conditioned to believe that socialism is a bad thing!

We’re the captain fucking save a ho of countries!

We love to point the finger and condemn other countries for being “classist” and “second world” and “less than” but won't even look in the fucking mirror and admit our mistakes and shortcomings. We’re fucking perfect and everyone should be just like us! But half of us are living in poverty and homelessness and this new made-up term called “food insecurity!” They’re not food insecure . . . they’re fucking STARVING! They can’t afford food! Because their rent and their bills are so high, they can’t feed themselves or their families!

And people wonder and judge why people like me have chosen to NOT have kids and a family! Because we CAN’T afford it! And why would we want to bring kids into this world? So they can suffer and fight and struggle to just get by? NO THANK YOU!

I can barely take care of myself! I don’t need someone else in the picture. Someone else to worry about. Another mouth to feed. Another expense. Soneone to love me?!? To me, that would be selfish.