I usually try not to
complain about things like this as I find it hypocritical of my part because I
am part of the United States’ consumer culture. If it were not true, I would
not want money and things as much as I do. Yet today, while shopping for
groceries, I saw a little girl—probably around six years old—pushing one of
those tiny little shopping carts that read, “shopper in training!”
I imagine over 90% of
the population would think, “awww, how cute.” That’s why those things—the carts—exist.
Otherwise, no one in their right mind would have a little girl push around a tiny
little cart while the parents push the real one that can actually carry more
than a six pack of beer.
Nevertheless, I saw
that and felt a tiny little pain on my chest—pain unrelated to a heart
condition, I swear. What the hell are we doing as a society? There is just so
much wrong with that image that it bugs me. Can no one really see it? Besides
indoctrinating the little girl into a consumer society, that just shows exactly
how wrong we perceive women. Apparently, we should train little girls, from
their early years, to be the one who does the grocery shopping.
And sure, you can argue
that the gender thing I see can be a form of projection since my stupid sense
of equality and justice tends to burst out at the most random and moments. And
sure, those carts are not gender specific. But sincerely, usually the boys are
running around with toys, destroying everything on sight (just like I did while
growing up), while the sister push the damn little useless cart.
Sigh. I guess that’s my
rant of the day today. I will try and upload a third poem later tonight. I’m
still researching the card and writing the first draft of the poem.
-e
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