Why?
Why?
Daisy Martin
Year 6, Caringbah North Public School
Women
Here we are
Standing strong.
Trying to be happy,
But not for long.
Why do people ask,
“Why aren't you wearing make up?”
“Why aren't you smiling?”
But here is my question,
Why?
Even when we try to be happy with our selves
We never get far because,
Girls still lie in bed at night,
Crying tears of hurt.
Crying from the comments like,
“You're too fat!”
“Where are your curves?!”
They were knives in her heart.
And she cried
And cried.
Because she bled when she fell,
Because she was only human.
But what matters right now
Is that she is not here.
She was unhappy.
She wasn't pretty enough
She wore too much makeup
She wasn't skinny enough
She had anorexia
But never perfect.
And in the end
It ended her.
Why?
Because she was never told
That she was enough
That she was beautiful
Smart
Creative
Strong
Perfect
Enough.
Girls MUST be told this
Why?
Because,
When girls ask their mothers
“Why did he brush my idea aside?
Why did he not take me seriously when I said no?
Why don't they listen when I try to speak up?!”
And the answer still is,
That we are not all treated equally.
And this is the problem.
Some people would try to deny it,
But it is those people who create this problem.
And in the end,
My opportunities,
My rights,
My dignity,
Are sacrificed.
To satisfy society's image
Of a pretty girl,
Who needs a man.
Why?
But I will fight.
The reason being,
That people still say,
“We don't need feminism,
You already got the vote!”.
But why does my mum earn less than my dad?
Why is it harder for a single mother to support a family?
Than a single father?
Why do young women go into the real world
And get treated differently than men?
But blame themselves,
For not getting all the same opportunities.
Why?
However,
I will get my opportunities
I will have my rights
I will have my dignity.
And by the time I'm 30
There will be no pay gap
There will be no sexism
Why?
Because I will make it so.
Because sexism is a battle,
That we all need to fight,
Until the vote is unanimous,
That everyone is equal.
Because this matters to me.
So here is my message,
To any girls who doubt themselves.
And I will say this until every girl believes me,
You are enough.