Absurd as the circulating podcast remark across TikTok about women having no actual hobbies, there were also insane descriptions of women written by some men in their books. Need to say less but it’s both funny and sad that they think shallow of us. It’s the instant thought I had in today’s writing prompt, “body swap” by #letsescapril, which also relates to the photo prompt given by #altpoetryprompts for this week.
Do you have any experience with gender discrimination? If you’re comfortable, you may share it in the comments. This is a safe space for you.
Women Written By Men
painted in innocence,
swallowed pride,
bound to be less,
only support, care, by the side
in a flick, let it switch
body continuously sexualized
in annoyance and fear
triggering ego full freak
as if without an actual life
— Maria 🌊
we thought we cannot 