Femmephobia: Her Voice

I am not just a pretty girl

I don’t just wear dresses and twirl

They told me I had to be pretty to be liked by others

And then said I was less competent than my brothers

While they were taught how to handle the family business

All I could do was see it happen like a witness

When they saw that I was good at running

They said “Wow you don’t run like a girl, that’s stunning”

When I said i wanted to learn how to drive a car

They said “girls don’t do that very well, it's bizarre”

When I acted all feminine and girly

They thought I was stupid and frivolous, their assumptions were fast and early

When I acted like a tomboy

They said I had to change myself or I won’t be able to enjoy

They left it to me to find the line

Between too and not enough feminine