I'm so upset with the New York Times, a paper I read daily, which put up an article asking if Women had Ruined the Workplace. And when they faced backlash over that, changed the title to Did Liberal Feminism ruin the workplace? And then, when that didn't seem to fix the problem, changed it to What is toxic Femininity? Just such an awful question, which gave rise to lots of thoughtful articles debunking it!
And in a perfect antidote to that, I found this poem, by a poet I have written about before, Danielle Coffyn
If Adam Picked the Apple
There would be a parade,
a celebration,
a holiday to commemorate
the day he sought enlightenment.
We would not speak of
temptation by the devil, rather,
we would laud Adam’s curiosity,
his desire for adventure
and knowing.
We would feast
on apple-inspired fare:
tortes, chutneys, pancakes, pies.
There would be plays and songs
reenacting his courage.
But it was Eve who grew bored,
weary of her captivity in Eden.
And a woman’s desire
for freedom is rarely a cause
for celebration.
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