HAS A LADY EVER ENJOYED HER TRUE EMANCIPATION?

HAS A LADY EVER ENJOYED HER TRUE EMANCIPATION?

What Law in the world has unshackled and unchained me,

Which Law has lifted me to the ostensible Liberty’s Acme,

Where has Law really materialized my long cherished dream,

When has Law allowed me to flow as a free and fair Stream?

Am I not still everywhere a second Priority at birth,

Am I not to sacrifice a lion’s share from my hard earned Mirth,

Am I not to marry after standing before Myriad male choices,

Am I not very often gagged to suppress my legitimate Voices?

Am I not to lose my Surname with my Nuptial Tie,

Am I not a compromising Pan to my every Happiness fry,

Am I not subjected to all ill at ease male queries to reply,

Am I not born, under the irresistible male whims, to ever lie?

Am I not still whipped to show Mercy, being ever at others’ Mercy,

Am I not  dangling a hollow badge of Feminine Greatness and Courtesy,

Am I not still a dumb Puppet in the unshakable string of male domination,

Am I not still living in a mere Pseudo world of  the so-called Emancipation?

 Glossary:

 Emancipation – liberation

Unshackled and unchained – freed

Acme – peak

Cherished - treasured

Mirth – delight

Myriad - countless

Gagged – suppressed

Ostensible - superficial

Legitimate – lawful/ justifiable

Subjected to – forced to

 Ill at ease - uncomfortable

Irresistible – compelling/overpowering

Whims – impulses

Whipped – forced/punished

Dangling - hanging

Hollow badge - empty symbol

Courtesy - good manners/ consideration

Unshakable – steadfast/firm

Domination – control/ supremacy

Pseudo – artificial/ simulated

So-called – supposed

Emancipation - liberation

©Shankar D Mishra, 21.12.2017

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