Frank J III

Gender Bender

It seems that if you are born a certain gender

There are certain traits that you must surrender

No matter what they are skills musts be learned

Developed and practiced to receive their return

 

If you are a male should you automatically be able

To measure, saw and nail to build a table

Or to make sure a board is level and straight

To sand, strip, stain and paint

 

If yo are a woman should you automatically know

How to follow a pattern, cut and sew

Or how to wash, clean and mop

And how to cook, bake and grocery shop

 

Being a guy should you be into sports

Anything with a ball or competition of all sorts

To anything physical should you be attacked

Brawn over brains is how you attacked it

 

Being a girl should you be into th arts

Ballet, art, plays and opera a la cart

To anything passive should you be attracted

Brains over brawn is how you attacked it

 

So, between male and female, stereotyping exist

For century after century, it\' s hard to resist

Each gender has it\'s dominate trait

To those genders each trait dominates

 

Brawn over brain male dominate

Brain over brawn females relate

Perhaps over time a combination will occur

Or maybe the separation each will prefer