Congress In Action

Society as a whole
Tolerates world hunger
Children dying of malnutrition
Human trafficking
Prostitution
Drugs and gang violence
And every other crime
Read and heard on the news

Tolerate
Meaning no one will rise up
Make a national news
Debate with passion
And demand a change

But lo and behold
Up comes out a video footage
Of domestic violence
By a professional

And the whole country
Is in the uproars
Demanding a change
Demanding punishment
Congress in action

As this is an intolerable crime
Yes
And the only thing intolerable
Is that this is on video
All to see

How hypocritical
Can humans be
The same people
Who turns blind eye
To all the things that are
Not apparent

Because He Is A Man

It is one thing to say
You should not hit another
Regardless of the situation

But it's quite another
To say no man
Should hit another woman
Period

In this society where
Man lives with woman
Man lives with man
Woman lives with woman
All married to each other

Would Ray Rice have been
Suspended if he was gay
And hit his another male partner
And knocked him out cold?

Or is his situation much more
Serious because he hit a woman?
Do women's rights activists condone
This type of preferential treatment
When it comes to domestic violence?

Domestic violence
Whether it is physical, emotional
Or financial
Is wrong regardless of
Who the victim is

And the punishment should not be
Different just because a man
Hit a "woman"

If that is the expectation
Then man can also argue
That woman should be submissive to man
Because he is a man

What is wrong is wrong
But basing the severity solely
On the gender difference
Is also wrong

Ray Rice should pay the price
For hitting his spouse
And punishment should not be
Worse because his victim
Happens to be a woman