Nov 2020
We are two wings on a bird,
But they told me my side wasn't as necessary; for me to be as worthy as a man, I had to value motherhood less. Like being feminine was some kind of flaw, like staying home to raise my kids was secondary in worth than a man who worked, they convinced us, didn't they? And it's not the man's fault that society did this, now both parents hassling and grinding to put bread on the table because his income now just doesn't make...and don't get me a wrong-a woman should have the right to choose but is it fair that after birth she has to get up to work so quick!? I never wanted to leave mines, still young and on milk, my milk dried because I wasn't home enough to nurse them, and it was all in the name of equality, but what equality is this when a woman can't get more leave of time to raise her kids? What equality is this when marriages fall apart because the bird has become lopsided! Children suffering because mom has to work, there isn't time for a hot plate, so grab take out on your way back, or maybe she's a super mom at her own cost, now her health has gone...and I've never seen a great man without a great mother behind him or woman by him, teaching him the values that made him who he was, motherhood was always the greatest job that ever was, being a woman was! So, why couldn't they just accept we are equal but different.
-L.D.
But they told me my side wasn't as necessary; for me to be as worthy as a man, I had to value motherhood less. Like being feminine was some kind of flaw, like staying home to raise my kids was secondary in worth than a man who worked, they convinced us, didn't they? And it's not the man's fault that society did this, now both parents hassling and grinding to put bread on the table because his income now just doesn't make...and don't get me a wrong-a woman should have the right to choose but is it fair that after birth she has to get up to work so quick!? I never wanted to leave mines, still young and on milk, my milk dried because I wasn't home enough to nurse them, and it was all in the name of equality, but what equality is this when a woman can't get more leave of time to raise her kids? What equality is this when marriages fall apart because the bird has become lopsided! Children suffering because mom has to work, there isn't time for a hot plate, so grab take out on your way back, or maybe she's a super mom at her own cost, now her health has gone...and I've never seen a great man without a great mother behind him or woman by him, teaching him the values that made him who he was, motherhood was always the greatest job that ever was, being a woman was! So, why couldn't they just accept we are equal but different.
-L.D.
