POETRY: 'Sympathized Men' By Ana Hagins

My sympathy lies with men, for in women’s attempt to be equal they have assumed their positions and robbed them of their masculinity. How did a sect of a population accumulate so much power within the last century and then show their gratitude through hypocrisy? It makes no sense to fight for equality and continue to play the role of the weaker vessel.

There is power behind a woman’s ability, but oh, we are such contrary creatures. We want all the rights and duties of a man, who was ordained by God Himself to be the head of households, our protectors and our leaders, but not the responsibility. How can we blame them for wanting to turn back the hands of time when we undermine their judgment and authority? Every creature has a role in life and when men and women occupy the same niche in the area manhood then that leaves one station in neglect- the house.

We play the role of “Mr. high and mighty,” of “Mr. Hey, you, get off of my cloud” because we don’t take pride in our roles as homemakers and housekeepers, which is nothing to be undermined. Women like this independent feeling because according to somebody being submissive is for those who cannot provide for themselves.

Certainly not!

This aura of self-reliance filling the air of feminists has dulled their senses, and filled them with a sense of arrogance that gives them the audacity to put their hands on a man. But let him retaliate, and then the world stops. All of a sudden we are the weaker vessels again- the victims. Domestic violence is a two-way street, but I sympathize with men who suffer in silence because they fear being patronized or ridiculed for not being able to control a wilder beast aka the weaker vessel, but in the eyes of a feminist this is progress.

A sex-oriented civil war, a battle of the sexes is fought by the men because they seek redemption from the pit of shame their women have buried them alive in, but little do they know that it’s too late. We women have already divided and conquered.

Lowly maidservants have become queens. Candaces, Cleopatras, and Queen Victorias are reigning supreme, commanding men everywhere to bow down. During this age women are no longer minorities, but populous, strong individually and collectively…dominant. We have dethroned Julius Caesar, Alexander the Great and Louis XIII and made them lower than peasants, and barely considering them worthy to be counted amongst the grains of dirt beneath our toenails. The men who once wore the pants have been reduced to running shorts. Yes, and women chase them away from the face of glory saying, “Behold men, your superiors.” And this is just the beginning.

I sympathize with men.