To be a woman
To fight for your mere existence
Don’t dress like that! Sit like a lady!
How dare you show resistance?!
Be polite, do not act shady
Smile a bit, you look too tense
Be breathtaking
Catch a husband soon
You’d be so talented at baking
Why study hard?
You won’t be traveling to the moon
Are you tired of this training?
You only graduate with a ring
Do not daydream of independence
Or dare to grow a wing
Daydream only of being a housewife
And the bearing of a child you shall bring
Life has a norm and this is your life
It is a blessing!
How dare you say you feel a sting?
Your life has been already determined
From the moment the nurse announced
“It’s a girl!”
You say you’d treat her like a pearl
Yet it isn’t what you’re doing
Oh to be a woman
