Analysis of Words mean something



It wasn't women that made us trade sexuality for morality, love for purity, not our insecurities?
Forcing a fucking mission to restrict our decisions...
Cutting the clitorises of strong African women?
Not our lust that rapes behind lakes of in proper trust.
Not our disregard that carves baby boys to see women as toys.
Not our greed that traffics guaranteed under 18's.
Not our dominance that promises ominous even in religious authority.
Not all men, of course but for a long-time majority...
Does that make you feel better? In your minority.
Thank you so much for not sexually assaulting me.
It is a fucking deformity? Is it me... who cannot see?
Consent at fucking least.
If men can create wars surely a collective society valuing autonomy isn't out of reach?
Teach, I beg you teach...
you may not be a part of the problem but good men fall just as weak when one man speaks an antique language, and another sits silently.
- Their words mean something, it's not always an ill-mannered joke.


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Characters 993
Words 188
Sentences 19
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 16
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 49
Words per line (avg) 11
Letters per stanza (avg) 781
Words per stanza (avg) 173

About this poem

The muse I suppose came from Daniel Sloss’s routine on sexual assault. I also have a minor in sociology and have spent the last four years studying criminology and justice. I just wanted to express, in an aggressive manner accidentally.

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Written on April 23, 2023

Submitted by jessieasquith on December 14, 2023

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Jessie Asquith

I began writing simply to heal and express myself in a place I felt comfortable. I study sociology and criminology, and often times through this I am reminded of the constant battles and limitations of each socio-economic time period and ones that continue. It hurts to be human and although my poem seems aggressive and negative, I see changes in society that I hope my son can better as he becomes a man. more…

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