women are being shrunk down
at every opportunity
encouraged to be
smaller
thinner
quieter
while men are celebrated
praised for being tall
physically large
muscular
loud.
taller women
are told not to wear heels
it’s too intimidating
to the men who have
long been taught;
height dictates their masculine presence
huge body builder men
and Disney princes with their
upside-down triangle physique
are rewarded
for taking up space
yet muscular, larger women
are abnormal.
it’s not their place
to dominate space
the way men are expected to
why is smallness the norm
for women in the media
the distorted representation
of the female body
tells us to
take up less space
smaller, thinner, quieter.
we are the second sex
after all
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