Courting my body

And the Article reads “judge called for women to “stop teasing”  “(w)eather women like it or not they are sex objects."

How foolish I have been to believe that just because I inhabit my body makes it mine.

However, my body is no object.

Used when needed then set aside to collect dust no

My body is my home ornate with memories of smiles, tears, and laughs

The Article reads “In a 1979 sexual assault case, the Montana Supreme Court noted the ‘defendant testified that the sexual contact was encouraged by the dress and behavior of the prosecutrix’ a fifteen-year-old girl who had come to the defendant’s home to babysit his children.”

Clothing once a barrier to protect us from the elements then turned to fashion

 now nothing more than a wrapper waiting to be ripped off by hunger 

And the Article reads “‘Someone who buys their underwear at Victoria’s Secret cannot be a victim of sexual battery…the Victim wore sexually suggestive clothing’”

If only I understood sooner 

every woman in the world is an advertisement

And the Article reads “‘She asked for it. The way she was dressed with that skirt you could see everything she had. She was advertising for sex…she was dressed for a good time’

spoken by juniors who reached a unanimous verdict acquitting a man of charges of kidnapping and sexual assault in Florida.”

 clothing is how men figure out whats for sale

A cocktail dress sells sex

crop top sex

Skirt sex

T-shirt sex

Leggings sex

Jeans sex 

Sweater sex

Sweat pants sex

 Hoodie sex

Silly me I didn’t know I had to sell anything at all

 the Article Reads “The judge called for a ‘restoration of modesty in dress’ … Courts have held that a woman’s clothing may signify her implied consent to be sexually assulted or her implied welcome of sexual harassment.”

What is there to restore

The patriarchy it never left

What is there to restore?

I call for a demolition 

Domolish femininity being seen as prey

 Demolish a mans sense entitlement to a womens body

The article reads

 Are we supposed to punish a person severely because they react normally?”

As if consent is abnormal

asking a man to keep it in his pants is - abnormal

a woman’s autonomy over her own body - abnormal

And if all of that is so,

Socitey is the creator of normalcy

This is no longer a poem this is a plea

To began a new era of reconstruction

Dismantle this era of false confusion 

As to how we got to  this point.

Realize the roles people have been playing 

And yes punish them severely for it

Demand change 

The article reads, “Clothing conveys messages to observers which are inaccurate reflections of the wearer’s actual intent, attitudes, and personality characteristics, clothing is not relevant to the issue of consent”