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To Be a Girl

To be a girl it means that you are frail, right?

That can’t possibly understand a thing

To be a girl it means you stay up day and night

Trying to get that big, shiny ring

 

But that’s not true, for a majority that is

We have a secret passed down from mother to daughter

The secret is that we pretend to be his

But our hearts belong to one and another

 

At age 6 being a girl meant you liked pink and played with dolls

But that changed

At age 8 being a girl meant you liked skirts, dresses, bows

That changed too

At age 10 being a girl meant that you were expected to have a crush & kiss him

If you didn’t, you were an outcast

At age 12 your interest in education was to diminish

By age 14 you realized that when a boy slapped your *** you enjoyed it

And if you didn’t you were a lesbian

Ages 12-18 we as girls are told to not show shoulders, knees or skin of any kind because it might distract the boys

I never heard the guys being told to dress a certain way. Have you?

No? I didn’t think so because it might ruin their ego…

 

Being a girl means that you are blessed with self hate

It’s automatic and hard to lose

There is always an imperfection…

 

Being a girl means that even when it’s hot, you wear jeans and a baggy tee

So that you don’t have to deal with wondering eyes

Being a girl means that you must look your best ALWAYS or else you’re trash

But not too good or else you’re a **** looking for a good time

 

Being a girl means that you grow to hate yourself so much that you can’t even look at yourself

Unless you are in public, then you have to act vain

 

Being a girl means that you have to listen to guys calling you fake because you hate a girl but you’re friends with her the next day

What those guys don’t know is that she saved you from a situation that could’ve made you lose what little dignity you have left

 

Being a girl means that when you see a grown man starring at a baby…

...you take that baby’s spot

If that means you have to be his princess, babygirl, WHATEVER, for the night

YOU DO IT.

And when you are called a ***** **** the next day, just remember that you helped that child

 

Being a girl means that when you’re a mother and your little girl asks you why the boys at the school rate the girls on a scale of 1-10 you have to look at her with the same look your mother gave you and tell her,

That being a girl means that you have to be smart, that you have to work 2-3 jobs just to make the same as a guy with 1 job

      It’s not fair, but that is how it is.  

You have to hug your baby girl when she comes home and tells you that her teacher yelled at her for wearing a tanktop or when a boy touches her even when she told him to stop

To be be a girl means that your are strong

To be a girl means that you are resilient

 

To be a girl means that you have a secret that is passed down from mother to daughter

And that secret is Unity

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Written by
paige-henry
F
Published
Apr 26, 2017
Lines·Words
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Notes

I remember things like this happening to some of the strongest women I know...

I wish that I could also do it from a guy's p.o.v but I really can't relate to that

;3

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#rant#girl#lost#hope#love#unity#fairness
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