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Dear (wo)men

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Blue Badger 08/08/20
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Dear men

We don't feel flattered

Being compared

To the countless of women

That you compared

To the countless of women

Who came before them

And even if

There are barely any there

Even if

We're the first you'll compare

It really doesn't make us

Feel any kind of special

We don't want to know

If we kiss like her

Or if our grip

Is as firm as the other

Or any other feature

You'll think is a compliment

For when we

Get compared

All we hear

Is that you can't let go

And we will never

Be like her

...

Dear women

We too

Should not compare

Our lovers and partners

To those in our past

And keep them to standards

That change all the time

Dear (wo)men-[C]Dear men 

[C]We don't feel flattered 
[C]Being compared 
[C]To the countless of women 
[C]That you compared

Added image by Android Jones

Background image by Myrtle Vreedenburgh although it's a Dutch site and you might need to translate. She's a therapist and on this page about her you can see the artwork at the bottom.

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changes*

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Reply to: Blue Badger

the last line

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Reply to: 🥔𝐏𝐎𝐄𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐎诗

Standards is plural, however, meaning it's "change" not "changes". Standards that change all the time. Plural.

Still, thank you for pointing out what could've been a typo or such! :sparkles:

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Reply to: Blue Badger

oH

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