YOU SAY YOUR BEHAVIOR IS RUN BY MEN

You say your behavior is run by men
That we direct your actions to our will
Mother Nature has no influence, then
Your natural instinct somehow we kill?
Or could this view come from your own projection
Of the complete control your nature needs
To provide resources and protection
To your every whim your doting man heeds
The anthropologist calls him "henpecked"
Less formally he's known as "pussy-whipped"
Whichever, it's clear his own needs are checked
To you the balance of power is tipped
--And yet you say this comes from victimhood
--Don't you think we would change it if we could?

July 11, 2004

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