Sometimes Boys Need Rescued Too Be a shield be a sword, just be useful Don't be a damsel in distress because Knights get tired in their heavy armor Sometimes boys need rescued too To be a help-meet means to help Meet him in his weak places And hold him up like it's you who's drowning Hold him like you wanted to be held That day when you were 11 and no one did You claim women are strong Prove it by letting him be weak Let him have a moment, a day, a year Guard his 6 like you're a Navy Seal team And he is your only way out of the jungle You believe women are soldiers and are Strong enough to face anything a man has Show how strong a girl can be when He needs her to protect him from the dragon 10-6-2019
Here is this month’s Pepper Day post. I am so thankful for my little group of cheerleaders. I am thankful that I have people who encourage me to write and blog.
There is a lot of talk of gender bending, and what gender means this week. I believe that there are 2 genders and inter-sexed people which means there are a total of 3 choices to pick from. It amazes me that people can have a college degree but then try to tell you that there are more than three genders. I believe in science and therefore believe that there are three genders but many sexual identities. I do believe that males gravitate toward masculine traits and that females gravitate toward and show feminine traits more often, but can have masculine traits or preferences while still being female.
But I think as we grow into women, who want to be recognized for the strong creatures that we are, that means being strong for men mentally and physically when they are having a bad day. It amazes people that I mow my own yard, or that I will walk through the parking lot in the rain with my husband, rather than insisting that he drop me off at the door and walk through the rain by himself. It shocks people that I like action movies and that for our anniversary three years in a row, my husband and I went to see an action movie that had a SciFi bent, and that was my choice.
It is fun to be girly sometimes, but I do think that if you want to be taken seriously as a feminist you have to be strong for men at other times. And that is what this poem is about. If your husband is facing hard things such as a bad back, or a tough time at work, it’s important to be there for him like you want your partner to be there for you.
I also think it was important for me to share these thoughts because when I searched “fighting girl” and “woman fighting” in the free Pexels picture bar here on WordPress I got pictures of women in domestic abuse situations and this photo.
Really?? She doesn’t even look real! There are female soldiers, there are female fighters, there are female everything as this point. They just don’t get noticed because we keep stuffing them into girly boxes. And there is a difference between being girly and being feminine.
Failing at Haiku 