march 22, 2021

not all men, but somehow, i am one of the 97, i was only eleven, but i'm fine because i don't think he touched what's mine, at least he just said something asinine about how fine, i am, he just sent me a picture and then started to whine saying that i should give him one of mine, but i'll stay alive

right?

not all men, but sarah was one of the 97, she should've driven but she was walking home alone, just a stone's throw from home, she called him on her phone, she did what she was supposed to, but now she's a life that he threw, away and we're reminded anew that these streets aren't ours to pass through, that we just have to be worried about who we'll bump into

right?

not all men, because they were sluts wearing clothes that didn't cover their butts, and she was five but she must have had a sex drive, that's why he touched her, and she was inebriated and she hadn't stated her aggravated assault so she was really just asking to flagellated because women like to be consummated on their wedding night like that

right?

not all men, like the ones on tv that say he had a bad day, because it doesn't matter what the politicians preach, doesn't matter the hate in their speech, when they called her a fucking bitch, the face of a dog, he said we're clogged with rapists and junkies from a shithole country, but that doesn't control the role of how we treat other people

right?

so why did he shoot them, they were innocent, and they were women like his mother and he shot them one after the other, but they were asian, they're part of the invasion of our country, they're the 5.6% of the us that gives us 542k dead and let me guess, because that's what your president had said

right?

not all men but 137 women are dead each day from someone they know, that's 500,000 a year, and if it's not all men, where do these "not-men" go when we're being killed time and time again, why do i listen to him tell a joke that makes me feel hollow, and why do i have to laugh because i know he'll call me a dumb hoe or i'll end up the next jane doe, why can i scroll endlessly through google hoping i misread each headline on "woman murdered by friend" until i have no more tears to shed, reading about all these women who fled but instead they're a statistic that's making me see red, because it's normal for this newlywed to be dead at the hands of her husband

right?

not all men but i bet you watched porn with women naked as the day they were born, and you knew in the back of your mind they could be confined and i hate to remind you, wait that's a lie, but how do you know that woman isn't a little girl that's been forced into this schoolgirl outfit that you're now watching perform cowgirl, and does that feel normal to watch this abnormal way she's screaming, but of course it's moral because it's carnal, that desire to see a woman who might be here because of a buyer, who could be your sister in this situation where he hits her

right?

not all men but someone of them must have stood by, some of them must have turned a blind eye, had sex with someone who didn't want to comply, called her something that made her cry, i know, not all men are bad guys, but it's enough of us to wonder why so many of us die at the hands of our guys, we make sure there's another girl nearby, watch how we reply, we've had men talking to our breasts since junior high, seen laws against our bodies ratified, our abuse be glorified, and that's why we're terrified, you tell us it's not all men, that one bad apple killed his bride, choked her until the moment she died, but no, we should have replied, not all men, but enough women to make us feel unsafe worldwide.

right.

i wrote this after the murder of londoner sarah everard by a police officer and the murders at a series of georgia massage parlors that killed 8 people, including 6 asian women.

it's mainly about my frustration about the treatment of women and how it's just normalized for all kinds of abuse perpetrated because of our gender.

i tried to include definitions for words that are more uncommon in the comments, so if you don't get a word, click on the comment icon next to the section

this is a style i haven't tried before, it's meant to be read like a rap. hope it makes you think <3

- starling