Patriarchy: “Close your legs if you don’t want a baby.”
Women: close their legs
Patriarchy: “Why is no one having kids and men are lonely??”
The plot was never subtle.
I told my therapist last night:
“I’m not suicidal…
I just don’t know how much longer I can keep pretending I’m okay.”
She didn’t panic.
She didn’t interrupt me.
She didn’t tell me I had so much to live for.
She paused and said: