I grew up being taught to eat like a lady, dress like a lady, sit like a lady, walk like a lady and stay away from boys but there is one thing no one taught - perseverance. No one told me that being a lady needed me to persevere. No one taught me how to wipe my own tears and always shut the world out. I was not told that being a lady came with a package - I didn't know that it came with being abused and silenced. I was not told that my heart would be scarred multiple times or that I would one day leave my home, my family and possessions, and never come back. No one told me that my family would one day receive a mysterious phone call from the authorities, saying they found my corpse burned, stabbed or hanged. People always expected something from me but no one ever told me what to expect from the world. I have always wondered, do men get taught the same way? Do they get taught how to be a man and to always keep their pants up? Do they get taught that females deserve to be respected and loved? Are they ever told that despite what a woman has done, she does not deserve to be abused. Are they taught not to raise their hand on their girlfriend or wife? I know that not all men are perpetrators but how do we differentiate between the good men and those that no longer have morals? How are we going to be able to see the good in other men because what I know is that salt and sugar is of the same colour? #tagthemales #raisingawareness #feminist #domorethatjusttalking #thefutureisfemale (at My LifeStory) https://www.instagram.com/p/CBbPib2pOhZ/?igshid=pzninjf93cx
