Lets hear it for women the women oppressed <br />In patriarchal societies their human rights are transgressed <br />By male religious zealots who hate woman kind <br />For to trample on women's rights any excuse they will find. <br /> <br />Lets hear it for the women who never receive a fair go <br />Of equality in their lives they never may know <br />They are seen as inferior where males reign supreme <br />And this can do little for their self esteem. <br /> <br />Lets hear it for the women who must play second fiddle to men <br />Where to be born a female means one cannot win <br />Promotion in work or promotion in life <br />To an arrogant and an unfaithful man expected to be a good wife. <br /> <br />Lets hear it for women the women men do rule <br />And many males in positions of power can be cruel <br />The mothers of the children in life the hardest role <br />Equality they need and not male control.<br /><br />Francis Duggan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/lets-hear-it-for-women-the-women-oppressed/
