It is utter hypocrisy that men use language of worship to speak of woman in one breath, and are happy to desecrate, brutalise and degrade the objects of their worship.
I love the refusal, denial and assertion in this piece, especially as here in Australia we are talking (again) about sexual assault and the need for education around consent in schools.
Loved this @laurabell!
I wrote this line with sexual assault being at the forefront of my mind. Consent isn’t being taught — not to those who rape; not to who got raped. Truthfully, I didn’t understand it myself until I began writing and saw what was coming out. I guess what I am saying in all this; thank you for seeing what is at the heart of this poem.
We own our bodies, our temples. No one else has claim. I think that’s important for young girls to know. And on other platforms, poems as vulgar as this will be silenced due to the subject matter. I am happy to be writing on hive. ♥️
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