Women Do It Now

War was for soldiers
men chosen and trained
for armed service.
Those with ill health
or physical weakness
were eliminated right away.
strength was needed to protect
the homelands for women and children
but women do it now.

Women’s liberation
demands guns,
no longer the weaker sex,
they command leadership in the field
and seek equal opportunities
to die along with their brothers
and to kill when needed
because women do it now.

Even societies that oppress women
see the advantage
of strapping their virgins
with explosives to wipe-out
unsuspecting infidels
because women do it now

There was a time when roles were clearly defined
and men and women didn’t cross the line
male dominance and woman’s submission
were the rules, but things change,
and women do it now.

Is the world better for it?