*MyBoxMyChoice* The Feminist Side of the BOX!

Because we are women our work is never done
and it is underpaid or unpaid or boring or repetitious,
and we are the first to get fired,
and what we look like is more important
than what we know or do,
and if we get raped it's our fault,
and if we get beaten we provoked it,
and if we raise our voices we're nagging bitches,
and if we enjoy sex we're nymphos
and if we don't we're frigid,
and if we love other women
it is because we can't get a "real" man,
and if we ask our doctor questions
we are neurotic and/or pushy,
and if we expect childcare we're selfish,
and if we stand up for our rights
we are aggressive and "unfeminine"
and if we don't we are typical weak females,
and if we want to get married we're out to trap a man
and if we don't we're unnatural,
and we still cannot get an adequate safe contraceptive
but men can walk on the moon,
and if we don't want a pregnancy for whatever reason
we are made to feel guilty about abortion
and for lots and lots of other reasons,
we are part of the women's liberation movement.

original version (below) by JOYCE STEVENS
Now to thank HER in person!

LEAVE it to (MyFriend) BEAVER! Thanks for solving the mystery! Looks like I have the updated version...

"Because We're Women"
was written by Australian Feminist Joyce Stevens in the early 1970's!

BECAUSE WOMAN'S WORK IS UNDERPAID OR UNPAID
& WHAT WE LOOK LIKE iS MORE IMPORTANT THAN WHAT WE DO
& iF WE GET RAPED IT'S OUR FAULT
& iF WE LOVE WOMEN IT'S BECAUSE WE CAN'T GET A REAL MAN
& iF WE EXPECT COMMUNITY CARE FOR OUR FAMILY WE ARE SELFISH
& iF WE STAND UP FOR OUR RIGHTS WE ARE LOUD
& iF wE DON'T WE ARE tYPICAL WEAK FEMALES
& iF WE WANT TO GET MARRIED WE ARE OUT TO TRAP A MAN
& iF WE DON'T WE ARE UNNATURAL
& BECAUSE WE AREN'T DEEMED RESPONSIBLE ENOUGH TO DECIDE iF, WHEN AND HOW WE WANT TO GIVE BIRTH...
WE ARE FEMINISTS

with thanks to The Feminist Bookshop for surfacing this bit of herstory
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