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Gender Stereotypes

April 7, 2014
By hkteen BRONZE, Roundup, Montana
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Girls wear pink and boys wear blue.
We’re told exactly what to do.
Women clean and men make bucks.
Girls have dolls and boys have trucks.
Girls cry more and boys just fight.
Girls are sweet and guys have might.
Women are quiet, men are bold.
We all have certain jobs to hold.
Women live, but men survive.
Guys are picked as “best” to drive.
Girls are clean and men are dirty.
Boys are strong and girls are flirty.
We go through life never knowing
All the biases we’re showing--
All the prejudice and pain
Towards men and women with no gain.
We need to go the extra length
And notice that we all have strength.

© Lindsay - Elese G., Phoenix, AZ

The author's comments:
I want people to realize that, unlike this poem, men and women are not as parallel as we think. We all have differences that we should embrace and refrain from categorizing.
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RipleyFallz SILVER said...
on Oct. 31 2022 at 3:30 pm
RipleyFallz SILVER, Olyphant, Pennsylvania
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very truthful, a very wonderful poem.
Kenzieroller_ SILVER said...
on Oct. 31 2022 at 1:06 pm
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"Mental health problems don't define who you are. They are something you experience. You walk in the rain and you feel the rain, but, importantly, you are not the rain." - Matt Haig.

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I love this! Very well-written. :)
Hunna said...
on Oct. 31 2022 at 5:29 am
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@hkteen what literary techniques did you use in the poem 'Gender Stereotypes'? Very good poem btw
Khushi said...
on Oct. 10 2016 at 5:06 am
A really truthful poem....
A big salute to the poet to understand the lives of girls and boys and to write a poem on it....
This could help to end gender discrimination...