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the men at the
construction site

a woman told me
that scientists did an experiment
where a woman
first walked past a construction site
with her head down


no one bothered her,
no one noticed her
everyone at the site left her alone


then, later in the day,
she walked past again
in the same outfit, with the same stride
but this time she walked with
her head up,
more confidently


and that’s when she got
the calls, the whistles
from the men at the construction site


and you tell me it’s not deliberate
and you tell me it’s not an effort
to keep women in their place


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