Good Girls Fall In Line

I was taught to be respectful to women & though this is sad, it struck a chord with me. Really well written.

this would be sardonic if some guys did not take this approach literally

You made me think again--especially as to if "sarcastic" was the best term; turns out that it was (I was originally thinking it would have been better to subtitle this "An 'expected' take on behaving"). The uncomfortable truth is that while part is sarcastic...other parts are all too true.

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Even my mom would have said "woman" is a misnomer for a girl that's simply over 18: a "woman" is a female that matured, found ways to evaluate a problem and settle on a solution she could enact AND live with (just as she said a "man" is only those males that also matured, respected women for their strengths and contributions, and valued their inputs and partnerships); there are even times a real woman WILL speak up when something must be said--and that's simply standing up for yourself as an individual and for what's right.

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Listen to any Olivia Alexa on Youtube and she states in many videos that the average female chooses NOT to confront precisely because it is uncomfortable (whereas a male will confront with few exceptions). It's all too true that males accept lying as being part of the "good 'ol boy" system. I certainly love how you switch is subtlely from the female to male perspective, too. Sad part is that some females excuse their male partner's behavior, and therefore enable that boorish behavior. Males do have a brain, but the sarcasm (implied) is they use their "smaller" one instead, which only reacts on instinct. "To know what we meant" is something both Olivia Alexa and Courtney Ryan on YT rail against, demanding females not "drop hints" but come out and directly say what they want or prefer; they also rail against men thinking "no" actually means yes and to stop taking "no" as a challenge.

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As a lark, I tallied hashmarks for "female" perspective vs. male and came up with 9 male and 14 female; the structure elevates the feminine side, and appropriately shames the male one for its inadequacies--while at the same time still encouraging the female side to speak, confront and continue to try to change the perspective so it becomes more balanced.

So help me, but the thought crossed my mind several times already: this contains shades of Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz's writing, reviling and rebuking in an very intellectually complex way a so-called bishop she demeaned by labeling him "Sor Filotea (Sor = Spanish title for a nun)." Well done and easily worthy of a 5!

That line “silent girls grow into lying women”, i can relate so darn well. Good job.