contained
I have been contained,
Contained by a male driven society.
My legs have been crossed shut with propriety as an excuse.
My mind erased, reprogrammed, filled with empty thoughts.
Told that my virtue will lure them in,
Until it is stolen and I am left as nothing.
Taught by mother to compose myself,
To have a soft femininity and a tamed sexuality.
Taught to be a lady,
By her mother as well.
Although they pass the instruction manual down,
They did not create it.
Men created my way of being as well as hers.
I am not a woman,
But merely these ideals and fantasies meshed together created by men.
Restricted in from what I eat to what I wear,
Told what to think.
It never ends,
Only changing by asking men permission.
They'll never allow us to be equal,
For we were born with a gapping hole, a wound that's forever left unhealed.
I have been contained,
WE HAVE BEEN CONTAINED.
Locked up,
Lacking a flat chest and a set of balls.
I have been created by men.
Contained by a male driven society.
My legs have been crossed shut with propriety as an excuse.
My mind erased, reprogrammed, filled with empty thoughts.
Told that my virtue will lure them in,
Until it is stolen and I am left as nothing.
Taught by mother to compose myself,
To have a soft femininity and a tamed sexuality.
Taught to be a lady,
By her mother as well.
Although they pass the instruction manual down,
They did not create it.
Men created my way of being as well as hers.
I am not a woman,
But merely these ideals and fantasies meshed together created by men.
Restricted in from what I eat to what I wear,
Told what to think.
It never ends,
Only changing by asking men permission.
They'll never allow us to be equal,
For we were born with a gapping hole, a wound that's forever left unhealed.
I have been contained,
WE HAVE BEEN CONTAINED.
Locked up,
Lacking a flat chest and a set of balls.
I have been created by men.
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