Did she do something wrong when she ate
Before filling up her family’s plates
She was famished after a long day at work
It’s not that any responsibility she had shirked
She had missed lunch, others had not
So she ate dinner without much thought
Until she was made aware in a snarky comment
Eating before the men “were fed” was not how traditions went
Apparently she had insulted customs age-old
To eat before others was a step far too bold..
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Ah the archaic customs that disregard
The needs of women working hard
Both at home and at the workplace
Dismal discrimination at home they face
Which, quite frankly, can be much worse
Than gender gap in the work universe
At work laws prevent egregious discrimination
At home everything is fair in the name of tradition..
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She ate when she needed to, therefore
The demands at home she was able to endure
Subjecting women to arbitrary deprivation
Is the patriarchal way of ensuring subjugation
This is not something that should even be
An issue to discuss, but it is, sadly
Don’t quote tradition to perpetuate discrimination
What should be normal should not need “normalization”
Passion...unbridled 