Wouldn’t you think a girl would rather be attractive
Than just active?
Rather aesthetic
Than athletic?
But no–modern young woman will abandon entirely the feminine gender.
To embark on a rugged I-would-be-masculine bender.
In the sun will she slowly roast
Deserting her feminine skin-charm to resemble a section-hand or a piece of over-ripe toast.
She could get the kind of muscles that answer you back by walking to the grocery or cutting the weeds I sickle;
But it’s more fun and harder work to do it, riding a bicycle…
Attired in a pair of shorts
Which (depending on the woman) are good for either a couple of of “Woo-woos” or a brace of snorts;
It would bring forth vociferous, derisive, and outlandish
roars
If we men dashed about attired only in our droars.
Maybe she’ll take up the abomination of slacks,
Which flatter very, very few women immediately south of their backs.
Female jodhpurs be another item I consider ghastly:
How I wish Congress might do something about them, and fastly.
Yes, women get away with looking masculine, but nearly break their necks
If we males go feminine to even the extent of a pink tie
with chartreuse checks.
So far, I’ve found just one little way to get us even,
brothers:
Pass the buck and let them be both the fathers and the
mothers–
THAT should stretch their versatility,
If not their natural ability!
by Ray Romine Monday, August 2, 1943