As a Woman

As a woman I am here.
Always at your beck and call, waiting for whatever it is you need.
As a woman I am property, an object to be bought and sold.
As a woman I am branded by my body.
My fate is sealed by my womb.
I can give the gift of life.
Yet still I am treated like dirt.
Is this equality?

Times change,
People change.
You say that there is now equality between the sexes.
Where?
Define equality.
It is not what you think.

As a woman I am not of this country, nor that.
As a woman I am of the world.
United as one,
Cutting through race, religion, and culture,
We are one.

I wrote this sometime ago, but rediscovered it this morning, and as I was feeling rather feminist today, I thought I'd post it here.