I’m Finally Glad I Am Not A Man
<p>When I was seven, my teacher put in a peculiar assignment in literature class. We had to create a poem explaining why it was better to be our gender.</p>
<p>In the book, there were two examples. The boys' one and the girls' one. On the boys' side, there were hundreds of skills: “We are stronger than girls; we are more athletic; we are faster; we are invincible.” The girl’s example only had one, “We are more intense, for example, when loving or crying.”</p>
<p>I remember the boys making fun of the girls because our only skill that was better than theirs was to cry deeply. And I remember how hard I wanted to prove them wrong.</p>
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