why are you suddenly so threatened by women?
do you really feel that powerless
that you need to assert your control and influence
over another gender 
that you perceive 
as weak?

are you so mistaken and frightened
that you need to twist the scripture
to support your pathetic 
and fragile little egos?

I was not made 
only to carry a man’s child
and perform within the home 
under his governance
deferring 
to his decisions and rules

I was created to live my own life
to educate myself
and to make my own choices
I do not need your protection
from others or from 
myself

our mothers and grandmothers suffered
and worked too hard 
to lift up our rights and equality
for you to subject us 
to this bullshit backslide

we will continue
to step into positions of skilled leadership
we will choose our own roles 
in this short life
whether that is wife, mother, 
your boss at work, 
or unmarried cat lady

we will make decisions about our own bodies
without your control
you know nothing 
about women
we were not created to be 
your sex and baby making machines

fuck the patriarchy

nolite te bastardes carborundorum