Isolation or Solution

Aus Rotten

In a system based on inequality where do you draw the line
Between fighting to stop oppression and perpetuating the 
same
crime
When you start to define anyone simply based upon their 
gender
They you're guilty of the crime and wan equally wrong 
offender
It makes life easy to force people into simple categories
You're a man, you're a woman isn't that the same old story
And as a man society has mapped out exactly what you must 
do
Just as society has told all women what their roles are too
Too many times we think fighting sexism means creating a
battlefield
With men on one side and women on the other and both sides 
ready
to kill
But striving to find creative solutions to a problem that 
exists
Doesn't have to mean that it's her side against his
   Can't you see, won't you see, why don't you see that I'm
 the
problem?
   Can't you see, won't you see, why don't you see that 
you're
the problem?
   Can't you see, won't you see, why don't you see that  
we're
the problem?
   Isolation or solution to the problem
A person's ability to fight sexism shouldn't be based on 
gender
Just because someone is a man doesn't mean he's a sexist
oppressor
Or that he's blind to the problems that create gender 
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inequality
And that he's blind to the problems that create gender
inequality
And that he's not willing to do his part to help change 
society
Just as some women don't know exactly how to take a stand
against gender roles
Simply because they're a woman doesn't mean they have all 
the
knowledge and the tools
To break down the barriers of oppression and inequality 
that
exists
Because it's the barriers between women and men that allows
sexism to persist
   Can't you see, won't you see, why don't you see that I'm
 the
problem?
   Can't you see, won't you see, why don't you see that 
you're
the problem?
   Can't you see, won't you see, why don't you see that  
we're
the problem?
   Isolation or solution to the problem
If you don't strive to stop oppression then you're part of 
the
problem
Whether you're a man or a woman it'll take us all to 
fucking
stop them
Men and women both suffer under he heavy hand of oppression
Both living gender roles that only lead to this suppression
Of our natural ability to communicate and live equally with
 each
other
As a friend or a lover, as a sister or a brother
If our only goal in fighting sexism is to try and place 
blame
Then unfortunately we're all guilty of playing the same 
games
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But if in unity women and men come together and take a 
stand
Then with our united goal we could bring sexism to an end
   Can't you see, won't you see, why don't you see that I'm
 the
problem?
   Can't you see, won't you see, why don't you see that 
you're
the problem?
   Can't you see, won't you see, why don't you see that 
we're
the problem?
   Isolation or solution to the problem
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