Life – Georgiann Carlson – Brave & Reckless

from the beginning

women

have been virtual prisoners

locked in houses

pregnant

not allowed to go to school

or do anything we wished

because a woman’s place was in the home

which naturally cut off the competition with men

and controlled women completely

women have always been told

what they could or could not do

they were never allowed to rise

to become

but instead, they were

used as ornaments

worked to death

beaten

battered

bruised

violated

and killed

for no reason at all

living in fear

under the thumb

of patriarchy

having no choices

but those given to them

by the men in their lives

working without recognition

without pay

and punished for stepping out of line

pretty much EVERYTHING has been

AGAINST OUR WILL

and we are still fighting the violence

used to keep us in line

women live in a war zone

and we are all prisoners

under the ruling thugs

who even now

are voting on whether or not

we have the right

to own our own bodies

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