The Unicorn S2 2020-2021 | Page 26

Women Should be Heard

By Katelyn Oliver

True love’s kiss 

And everything becomes dismissed

That the female always needs her knight in shining armor

Because she couldn't defend herself with honor

Women are shown to make the sacrifice, one traded “fins” for her handsome knight

Prince charming couldn't remember his true loves face 

Cinderella could only think- it's fine your grace

So, he had to go maiden by maiden to see if the glass shoe fit

I guess as charming as he was, he wanted to talk to a few other maidens and sit

Belle fell in love with a beast 

These days men make it clear that personality is ranked least

Fairytales teach us that happy endings are true 

And that if your a good little girl your prince will come for you

At least that's what this girl thought, quiet and shy

Men seemed to take that as an invitation to come inside

Told to be respectful and not respond

But how can she stay quiet when they are starting a riot within her

They take advantage of her being naive

Thinking that they’ll be able to break her down to fall to her knees

She didn’t understand when older women would complain about men