Force to be Reckoned With

Neglected and ignored, we stand

Called crazy, not taken seriously

Judged for tattoos, taken advantage of

Treated as objects, yet we are ten times more

More intelligent, more capable

Strong and resilient, we rise

No longer will we be silenced

No longer will we be unseen

We are the force to be reckoned with

Smart, independent, and fierce

We deserve to be heard, to be respected

We refuse to be labeled, to be diminished

So here we stand, united and proud

Fighting for our peace, our worth

No longer will we be neglected

For we are the women, the ones to be reckoned with

I am sick and tired of being treated like I'm fragile simply because I have a vagina and some boobs. I've been raped, I've not been taken seriously on multiple occasions because I'm a woman. Society tells me I'm fragile, and that my job is to have babies and obey men. Pssssshhhhh. Seriously? You want me to obey the many men who have forced themselves upon me? Beaten me? Given me black eyes and screamed at me? You want me to obey men who argue with me about there being 51 states, a man who served our country and thinks that and called me a, "Fucking moron that didn't finish high school," when I told him there were only 50 states? Men, who only think with their penis? No. I am smarter than most men I have come across. I can figure things out better than most men I know. Hell, I'm in my GRAD program, with a high GPA. I live alone, I put things together, I can change a tire and the oil in my car, I put my computer desk together, hang blinds and pictures, fix my own plumbing, took a freaking dresser down three flights of stairs, I could keep going. With how I've been treated, I feel like the only thing men are good for, is so we can have babies. I'm three times the man a man actually is, yes, I said it. Yet, I'm a proud female. I wear vibrant colors, mostly pink, paint my nails, do my hair and makeup, that doesn't mean I'm incapable. How's that for a rant?

Photo credit to, "Sophie Heawood"