The Hard Place

We are all here.

Teresa D Hawkes, Ph.D.
An Idea (by Ingenious Piece)
2 min readJun 2, 2022

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In general, men don’t care when (in general) women complain about being under some man’s thumb,

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because everyone is under some man’s thumb, including men.

Some mind. Some don’t.

Everything in between,

but realize we are all under some man’s thumb.

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When we aren’t under a man’s thumb, we still have difficulties.

We have to deal with what nature throws at us in order to stay alive.

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We choose between these two rocks. We navigate through these two hard places.

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Teresa D Hawkes, Ph.D.
An Idea (by Ingenious Piece)

We all matter! Code: ALL. A Warren Democrat. A scientist. A poet. A mother. LOVES Bader Ginsburg. Loves McCartney. Is old.Is white.Is LGBTQ.She/her/me.Is woman.