{"sf1_id":708172,"sf2_id":"ZmM6DrLn","title":"Variant","author":"ShingetsuMoon","words":383,"posted_at":"2014-05-22T14:30:00.000Z","tags":["Boy","Gender","Girl","Poem","Poetry","Stereotypes"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/708172-variant","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/ZmM6DrLn","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/33/b3/33b362aa-ffe2-479f-990c-3791b248603f","description":"#12 of Poems\n\nMy thoughts on the gender stereotypes and gender expectations of today's society.","content":"Check a box.  \nBoy? Or Girl?\n\nYou can't have both.  \nJust pick one or we'll  \npick it for you.\n\nDon't forget to play the  \npart. Dress appropriately.  \nBoys don't wear skirts.  \nGirl changes your outfits.\n\nCut your hair shorter you   \nlook like a girl.\n\nGrow your hair out, why  \ndo you insist on looking  \nlike a boy all the time?\n\nWear this. Don't wear that.  \nThis is for boys only.  \nGirls need to play with dolls.\n\nWhy are you in the kitchen?  \nThat's where women should be.  \nStay out this is a man's job and   \nyou don't belong here.\n\nFor crying out loud ladies put  \nsome makeup on you never  \ntake care of yourself. Boys take  \nthat stuff off your face you   \nshould know better it makes  \nyou look weak.\n\nDon't show your emotions  \nreal men don't cry. Girls it's okay  \nto cry but don't do it too much  \nor you'll just be another stereotype.\n\nWhy are you interested in that?  \nAre you trying to be a boy?\n\nWhy are you always dressing up  \nlike that? I don't understand why  \nyou want to be a girl so badly.\n\nYou belong in the kitchen.  \nNo stay out that's women's work.\n\nWhat do you mean you can't sew?  \nBoy why are you doing that? Find  \nsome woman to do it for you.\n\nCars are for boys, why are you here?  \nJust let a real man take care of this.\n\nShopping is for women, why do   \nyou love going to the store so often?\n\nChange your hair.  \nChange your voice.  \nChange your personality.  \nChange your clothes.  \nChange your interests.  \nChange your job.\n\nHide your feelings.  \nHide your emotions.  \nHide what you love.  \nHide your interests.\n\nHide the voice that others say  \nis too weak and frail\n\nHide the deep tones that aren't  \nbefitting of a woman.\n\nCut your hair.  \nGrow your hair.  \nLearn to cook.  \nNo, not if you're a boy.\n\nLearn how to fix things.  \nNo girls I didn't mean you.\n\nDon't watch that, what about  \nmonsters and superhero's instead?\n\nSorry girls I wasn't talking   \nto you then either. Why can't  \nyou be satisfied with what you  \nhave already instead?\n\nI don't understand?  \nWhy are you so upset?  \nForget what everyone says!  \nJust go out and be who you are!\n\nNo wait!\n\nNot like that.\n\n  \n  \n\n","series":{"name":"Poems","previous":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/706610-disease.json","next":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/715612-purest-heart.json"}}