'Boys will be boys,' and boys have had their day; <br />Boy-mischief and boy-carelessness and noise <br />Extenuated all, allowed, excused and smoothed away, <br />Each duty missed, each damaging wild act, <br />By this meek statement of unquestioned fact– <br />Boys will be boys! <br /> <br />Now, 'women will be women.' Mark the change; <br />Calm motherhood in place of boisterous youth; <br />No warfare now; to manage and arrange, <br />To nurture with wise care, is woman's way, <br />In peace and fruitful industry her sway, <br />In love and truth.<br /><br />Charlotte Perkins Stetson Gilman<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/boys-will-be-boys-3/
