HEAL

I don’t hate men. 

In fact, in small doses, I really enjoy their company.

it’s just that time and time again, I’ve been hurt by them in ways that no human being should inflict on another. 

The last time, I nearly lost my life.

So forgive me, if you must, for what I am about to say.

It’s not just about the men.

This world needs to be safe.  For women, for children, for people of all colours, genders and orientations.  We aren’t here to destroy each other.

The destruction comes from the pain we hold inside, and sadly, we teach our boys to hold in all their emotions. We tell them, these precious little souls, not to cry. To be a man. From the time they are barely walking.

And we tell the girls to be sweet, to clean up the boy’s messes. To not be too much – too loud, too strong, too wild. We tell them to just be pretty and keep quiet. 

We do this to them, to the children who are our future. 

And we do it to each other. We harm each other out of our own fear of anything different. We hurt inside, so we hurt others, outside.

Then we wonder why our world isn’t safe.

Let’s change that, shall we? 

It’s time. 

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