it's different for girls.

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it's different for girls when their hearts get broke. 
they can't tape it back together with a whiskey and coke. 

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i've been working through this thing surrounding the election,
so many women becoming upset over the outcome, 
from the get-go with the male speaking to another male,  
behind the scenes, 
thinking no one can hear, 
not realizing it was all recorded, 
guy talk
they said. 
talk of grabbing women in their holy sacred body regions.
talk of grabbing women and kissing them. 
talk of grabbing women.  

of course women became upset. 

i am a survivor of having been grabbed by several male family members
when i was a mere child. 
it all had me quite twisted for years. 
it all had me making really bad choices for years. 
and now, quite frankly, quite honestly, 
i don't feel a need to perseverate or ruminate over the whole thing. 
i simply mark certain men [and women!] and move on.

to help myself work through this all i have been listening 
over and over
to a fairly new song by the title 
it's different for girls. 
please understand me here :: this song is not about the election 
nor is it about women being grabbed and their person being violated. 
the song is about broken hearts and how men deal with it. 
the song is about broken hearts and how women deal with it. 
yet the reason i love this song so much is that it speaks to the fact
girls are different from boys. 
we think differently. 
we emote differently. 
and if that's what it took for girls to speak their minds, 
to march and carry signs, 
then, 
more power to them. 

after all, 
it's different for girls. 


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