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Rules are the book that everyone follows

April 12, 2024
By Silvanab2 BRONZE, New City, New York
Silvanab2 BRONZE, New City, New York
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No one is making you follow,

But

Everyone follows 


There's only one rule here

Men first, women next

No one speaks this, shared in only whispers

Men earn the money, women get less

Men at work, women at home

Men talk, women listen


I’m Blair

I have one older brother, Blake

Blake is 

the smart one

the funny one

the athletic one

the loved one…

If you saw my parents and Blake, 

you would think he’s an 

only 

child

My friends always tell me, 

“How is your brother so perfect?”

I ask myself the same question

Is it because he is a boy?


The rules kill me

He is already way ahead

My parents tell me I don’t need to be great 

since I’m 

only 

a woman


That I should be like my mom

Let my husband make money, let him work, let him talk

I don’t want that

I WANT TO 

MAKE MONEY,

WORK,

And

TALK


The author's comments:

I don’t have this personally occurring to me, but I wrote it from experiences I have seen. Women in our world have had much more to deal with than men in many cases, especially in the past when women had no rights compared to men. I wanted to bring this into a specific story about a girl struggling with it firsthand. I thought it would be different to have her family be the ones to belittle her. I thought that it would have a greater impact and show how messed up the society really is.


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