Who is SHE?

She is female.

She is x.

She is that little girl reaching pubescence.

She is that happy girl who doesn't yet know the world is against her.

She is that girl whose paedophile neighbour just started grooming.

She is the girl who saw anger in her father's eyes when her mother birthed another female baby.

She is the girl who wonders why Papa Johnson, grabs her br€@sts whenever she goes on an errand for him.

She is the girl who just discovered, she has a clitoris and a v@gina.

She is the girl whose first s€x Ed went thus "if a man touches you, you'll get pregnant".

She is the girl who just discovered misogyny in her home, school, religious grounds and public spaces.

She is the one r@ped for having a vagina and becausem€n believe wom€n owe them.

She is the woman insulted for having no children while her partner's sperms are sterile.

She is that woman who bears all the burden of infertility.

She is the woman who sells corn beside the street to feed her children.

She is the woman who laboured for 22 hours before birthing her baby.

She is the woman who just died because she listened to society about how caesarian section is b@d for her.

She is the woman who raised all her children single-handedly.

She is the one who doesn't yet know her body is hers and hers alone.

She is the woman who birthed girls, the society demanded she must h@te.

She is the one who has learned to fight for herself because no one tried to protect her.

She is the woman who now stands for the truth against all odds.

She is the one going against all societal dictates.

She is the one choosing herself daily against all the backlash.

She is the one who has decided to marry on her own terms.

She is the one who has decided never to married.

She is the one who has decided the means her baby will come into this world.

She is the one who has decided if she would have children or not.

She is the one empowering young and old females on her way up.

She who has become self-aware.

She who is evolving.

She who has used her past trauma as stepping stones to a brighter future.

She who would never again make the mistakes of the past generations.

She who is raising her daughter(s) differently.

She whose head is always held high.

She who stands against discrimination of women and girls.

She continues to crush patriarchy.

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