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THE INFERNAL FEMININE, by                    
First Line: Ever since the days of adam
Last Line: Is, and shall be till the end.
Subject(s): Women; Women's Rights; Feminism


Ever since the days of Adam,
(That was quite some time ago)
Clergymen have muttered, "Madam,
Be your actions thus and so.
Put yourself beyond the critics,
Have your skirts a proper length;
Men are moral paralytics,
Do not tax them past their strength!"

Even in the Middle Ages,
Which were somewhat laissez faire,
Women were informed by sages
How to act and what to wear.
An assembly of ascetics,
Eloquent on woman's place,
Never fails to link cosmetics
With the future of the race.

When sweet Julia goes in satins
Modestly designed and cut,
There are always Dr. Stratons
Ready with a curt "Tut! tut!" --
On a damsel meanly pinning
Something which they reprehend;
So it was in the beginning,
Is, and shall be till the end.





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