Don’t wish me a happy women’s day,
I don’t need it or care for it.
I don’t deserve it neither should I have to.
I am not a woman who has given up her dreams
To fit in a man’s dream
Or sacrificed her joy for everyone else’s,
Toiled at home to be a good wife and mother
And for exactly that reason toiled at work a little more
To prove she is not distracted or too spent to work.
So keep your warm wishes and appreciation
For there will be no more sacrifices.
I don’t want to deserve your women’s day card.
And don’t expect any cards from me either
For I don’t think someone who respects me,
Someone who doesn’t control me or hits me out of love
Deserves an award or even deserves to be called a good man.
Someone one who respects me deserves my respect,
I don’t hit someone who doesn’t hit me,
They are OK And I am OK.
Good is not the absence of bad,
The absence of bad is “not bad” or fine or OK.
So don’t give me a day out of 365 days
And expect me to thank you.
I am not a happy women’s day kinda woman,
I would rather wish men a happy men’s day
Because we live in a world where every other day is women’s day
And I would rather be called good for not raping men
And then beating them senseless
Or for not slut-shaming them for not wearing enough
And then wishing them happy men’s day once a year.
But I am also ok not having all that,
I will gladly give men their fair share and not need an award for it
As long as we live in a world where we don’t need a women’s day.
-N
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March 7, 2018 at 7:29 pm
absolutely wonderful and thought provoking. I am glad to see such masterpiece from my favourite blogger and hope to see more, more often
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March 7, 2018 at 8:34 pm
Thank you so much kurian, I am working on the more often part. 🙂
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March 10, 2018 at 1:01 pm
That’s great Niharika. Thank you. My new post is in response
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March 13, 2018 at 7:33 pm
goin to go read it right away
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March 15, 2018 at 12:56 pm
Thank you
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March 17, 2018 at 8:10 am
🙂
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March 7, 2018 at 9:52 pm
There it is …you said all that I would want to say and a lot more and very effectively & beautifully! I am not a women’s day kinda person too and that wish doesn’t mean anything to me.
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March 8, 2018 at 9:36 am
Thank you! I can totaly see you being a free spirited woman who dosen’t need a women’s day. Cheers to us!
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March 8, 2018 at 11:46 pm
You are so welcome and cheers and big hi five! 🙂 🙂
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March 13, 2018 at 7:25 pm
🙂
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March 8, 2018 at 12:39 am
YES! I am assuming you are a few decades younger than me and I am so happy to see this writing and this attitude. In my youth I felt exactly the same and let me tell you…..there was little support for it. But … I pursued my pathway and I’ve lived a damned good life. So you go on woman! no need for cards for you!
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March 8, 2018 at 9:20 am
Thank you so much Anne! You are fabulous and this means a lot coming from you. 🙂
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March 8, 2018 at 3:17 am
I so agree ! Love your post. It’s super awesome.
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March 8, 2018 at 9:19 am
Thank You Yassy! So glad you enjoyed it. 🙂
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March 8, 2018 at 10:23 am
Yes 😊
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March 8, 2018 at 9:51 am
So thoughtful, glad you shared this! Loved this post. 😊
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March 8, 2018 at 10:43 am
Thank you, Sudha!! Glad you enjoyed it. 🙂
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March 8, 2018 at 3:14 pm
Not dissimilar thoughts to my own – watch out for my own rather unique and controversial campaign I’ve begun waging on this issue! 😀
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March 8, 2018 at 7:29 pm
hahaha….cheers to that!
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March 13, 2018 at 8:04 pm
This poem must be for the bad men. I have six sisters, three daughters and a wife. Dear Grandmother raised me. You are right. Everyday women should be cared for and praised. I did liked the honest thoughts.
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March 14, 2018 at 10:42 am
Haha…This poem definitely is for men who do not respect women on all the other days, what good are the women’s day wishes then?!
Also, this poem is for a society that has let female oppression go on for too long and then they appreciate us putting up with it once a year.
Thank you for your support, I know not all men disrespect women. 🙂
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March 13, 2018 at 8:07 pm
How are you on Mother’s Day?
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March 14, 2018 at 10:46 am
The same actually. No point wishing your mother a happy mother’s day when you can’t respect her on the other 364 days. 🙂
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March 13, 2018 at 8:38 pm
hmmm. OK, well I’m still gonna think of you as a lady and you can’t stop that. 🙂
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March 14, 2018 at 10:48 am
hahaha… I wouldn’t want to. 🙂
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March 14, 2018 at 7:49 pm
Excellent post!
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March 17, 2018 at 8:08 am
Thank you! 🙂
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March 24, 2018 at 9:23 pm
Just now seeing this, WELL FUCKING SAID!
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March 25, 2018 at 8:00 am
Hahaha…Thank you so much!!!! 🙂
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March 25, 2018 at 3:53 pm
welcome lol my dad used to say I need to clean my sailor’s mouth up. oops lol
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March 29, 2018 at 6:23 pm
hahahaha (that was then..and this is now, now its kinda badass and very acceptable, sometimes even appropriate.)
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March 24, 2018 at 9:24 pm
Reblogged this on The Spinsta Life and commented:
Another view of Women’s Month. I like it.
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March 25, 2018 at 8:01 am
Thank you! 🙂
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March 25, 2018 at 3:53 pm
Excellent perspective! that i hadn’t even considered. thank you for expressing it!
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March 29, 2018 at 6:24 pm
🙂
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