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What Women Want

A poem against chivalry

By AVPublished 4 years ago Updated 4 years ago 1 min read
What Women Want
Photo by Ehimetalor Akhere Unuabona on Unsplash

I don’t want a man to hold the door for me

I don’t want a man to carry my bags

I don’t want a man to give me their jacket

I don’t want a man to pay the bill

I don’t want a man to send me flowers

I don’t want a man to give up their seat for me

I don’t want a man to walk me home

I don’t want a man to ask me dance

I can do all of these myself

I want men to stop killing us

I want men to stop policing our bodies

I want men to stop raping and abusing us

I want men to stop gaslighting us

I want men to stop talking over us

I want men to stop congratulating themselves for doing the bare minimum

I want men to do the fair share of household chores

I want men to treat us with the dignity and respect that we have always deserved

Women can’t do these for you

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