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My Body My Choice:
Am I not a woman?
If I decide to not brush my hair, Does that make me lazy?
If I show my shoulders does it distract your eyes?
When I show my stomach does it force your stare?
If my shorts are not fingertip length does that make me a harlot?
The skin I can not shed, The body I was given.
You ask me to cover up,
That my body is too distracting,
But is not wrong to turn me into nothing more than a distraction or an object?
If I put on makeup does that mean I hate my natural self?
Would you prefer I sit still and silent?
Or weak and impressionable?
If I do not bite my tongue then I am aggressive, intolerable, and arrogant.
Am I not a woman?
A woman in America, Free to make my own decisions?
Am I not a woman?
My school and society judge you based on what you wear say and do but a guy can wear tank tops and I cannot. A guy can have non-fingertip length shorts but I cannot. If he speaks his mind he gets a pat on the back and I receive disdain and punishment. How much sense does this culture make? support your fellow women in the fight against unequal dress codes.