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| Image from "Judge Not" exhibit - 2007 |
Because a woman's work is never done,
and is underpaid,
or unpaid,
or boring,
or repetitious,
and we're the first to get fired;
and what we look like is more important than what we do.
And if we get raped its our fault,
and if we get beaten, we must have provoked it;
and if we raise our voices, we're nagging bitches;
and if we enjoy sex we're nymphos,
and if we don't we're frigid;
and if we love women it's because we can't get a real man;
and if we ask our doctor too many questions, we're neurotic or pushy;
and if we expect childcare, we're selfish;
and if we stand up for our rights, we're aggressive and unfeminine,
and if we don't, we're typical weak females;
and if we want to get married, we're out to trap a man,
and if we don't, we're unnatural;
and because we still can't get an adequate, safe contraceptive,
but men can walk on the moon;
and if we can't cope or don't want a pregnancy, we're made to feel guilty about abortion;
and for lots and lots of other reasons
we are part of the women's liberation movement.
- Joyce Stevens, written for Women's Liberation Broadsheet, International Woman's Day, 1975.
