Gender Stories

paulus

20 Nov 2014

Wrong

Inspired by someone I know

All her classmates sayThat she must be gayThat she's strange and unadaptedWith her short black hairAnd the clothes she'll wearThat she'll never be acceptedThat she had deniedEvery boy that triedThat she would not let them nearAnd that sealed her fateShe j...

fallingdove

28 Sep 2014

Woman, Who Are You?

Chatting with Sarah, before work, was a nice way to start the day. She was short, from Louisiana, had horses, and sometimes drove her husband’s rumbly truck to work. The other supply clerks started heckling her about her “girlfriend,” me. She gave one of...

I would like to be able to stay at home all day, without too many worries on my mind and only a few kids to watch over and a few dishes to wash. I want a husband who will bring home all of the income and be counted on to do this every day. I want a husban...

courage2bfree

15 Aug 2011

Do Not Regard Me By My Age

request for erasing the barriers of age and gender

Do not regard me by my age I am the sum of my experiences not my years I had to evolve beyond the trappings Through years of striving to be genuine To shake off the shackles of her pomposity I sought friends who would teach me to Open my mind to the new L...