Day Twenty Two

Sorry I’m posting after midnight; I went to a play tonight. It was a long play. Then I had to drive an hour to get home. I know, I know, problems, problems. I actually am not complaining; it was a good play, and not a problem, but it did put me home late. I am getting this posted, according to the clock on my computer, two minutes after midnight. I am almost on time.

VIRGIN AND WHORE

 Woman is a virgin and a whore.
To her man, she is a whore.
To everyone else, she is a virgin.

This is the lie I was brought up on,
The lie I was taught
In school, in church, at home.

This is the lie that forms the basis
Of female oppression.
A woman must perform.

For the man she marries,
She performs sexually.
She must always do what he pleases.

For every other man,
She performs virginally.
She must keep him out.

If this is the essence of woman,
And I was assured it is,
It is limited.

Where is her intellect?
Where are her emotions?
Where is her fulfillment?

Her emotions are in him.
Her fulfillment is in him.
Her intellect must be hidden from him.

Who benefits from this arrangement?
Who gains from this lie?
It is not the woman.