Jenda: A Journal of Culture and African Women Studies (2003)

ISSN: 1530-5686

BIOLOGICAL OPPRESSION

Angela A. Fardellone

To be a woman, is to acknowledge defeat,

for men always have the power to hold you down and, on you
repeatedly beat.

Women are second-class citizens,

who are objectified through a chauvinistic lens.

From government to religious forms,

women are never part of the norms.

We must forget who are on the inside,

and play the role that "God" and society prescribe.

We can neither enjoy sex nor appreciation,

for service and virtue is to be our destination.

We are not to speak of our subjugation,
for that would cause society's degradation.

Women are seen as the source of all sin,

but at the same time we are also inherently passive and dim.

Since evil is an active force,

how can it be part of the passive women's discourse?

If lacking a penis makes women sinister,

then why is it that ninety percent of crime, men administer?

Are they really women in disguise?

No, so why can't people see that this "menacing" notion is product of
society's fears and lies?

Can we ever win this uphill battle against the male-dominant,
societal might,

or are we forever doomed to fight for our rights?

When will men respect and see,

that without us, all races will cease to be.

-- October 15, 2003

Citation Format

Angela A. Fardellone. (2003). BIOLOGICAL OPPRESSIONS. Jenda: A Journal of Culture and African Women Studies: Issue 4