by ashlynn lim, age 14, singapore
dear men,
cease the rhetoric that a woman is crazy
nothing is manly about confidence
nothing is manly about competence
discrediting her reputation
smearing it with retaliation
diminishing, belittling, dismissing
by mere reason of a dress
when the only distinction
is whether you check M or F
as a result of the subconscious opposite
hypotheses that are little more than excuses
are discriminately, prejudicially generated
the balance of society slanted
ruminate on the privilege you hold
as CEOs, as role models, as heroes
while she is shrunk, slackened to a zero
its not about perfection its about progression
sympathy is soothing but it does not beat action