MAKING MORE EQUAL
It
is easier to treat woman as the equal of man
When
she makes a determined attempt to be equal
Than when she insists on her womanhood.
A
woman with short hair and fingernails,
No
make-up, dressed in pants and low-heels,
Is
more likely to strike men as equal
Than one whose appearance is traditionally feminine.
If
she is well-educated and cultured to boot,
That
is an even better reason
To regard her as an equal.
But
too many women insist on being considered
The
equals of men
When they make no real effort to be so.
This
is wrong; for a woman
Will
only be treated as a 'lesser man'
When
she looks and behaves like one.
At
present sexual equality
Still
has a long way to go,
Especially
when women insist on taking
The
seats offered them by well-intentioned,
Though
fundamentally deluded, males
In crowded buses or trains.
A
truly liberated woman, or 'lesser man',
Would
refuse such an offer,
Deeming
it unnecessary for one man
To abandon his seat for another.
And
so it is, though
Only
equals would know that!
A
woman who doesn't look like an equal
Is likely to be treated unequally.
If,
in future, women are treated more equally,
It
will be because they'll be
More masculinized than at present.
A
post-dualistic society should never
Think
dualistically, though there will, of course,
Be
occasional lapses, not least of all
In
regard to propagation!