Refusing To Be A Man

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I’m not gonna try and tell you 
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that I’m different from all the 
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rest.
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I’ve been subject to the same 
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de-structure of desire, felt the 
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same effects.
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I’m a hetero-sexist tragedy.
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And potential rapists all are 
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we. Yeah.
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But don’t tell me this is natural,
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 this is nurturing.
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That there’s a difference between 
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sexism and sexuality.
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I had different desires prior to 
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my role remodelling.
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And at six years of age, you don’t
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 challenge their claims, you become
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 the same.
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Or withdraw from the game and hang 
your head in shame.
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I think that’s exactly what I did.
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I tried to sever the connections.
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               Between me     
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  and them.

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I fought against their further 
attempts to convince a kid that 
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birthright can bestow.
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The power to yield the 
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subordination of women. And do you 
know…
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What patricentricity means? I 
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found out just a couple of days ago.
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It means male values über alles 
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and whaddya know!

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Sex has been distorted, vilified.
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 I’m scared of my attraction to 
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body types.
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If everything desired is 
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objectified, then maybe eroticism 
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needs to be redefined.
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And I refuse to be a man.