indecisive: "Hombres necios que acusaís" by Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz

somethingaboutmyself:

Of course the Spanish version is a lot more powerful, but no one would read this poem unless I posted it in English. So here goes.

Silly, you men- so very adept

at wrongly faulting womankind,

not seeing you’re alone to blame

for faults you plant in woman’s mind.

After you’ve won by urgent…

woo, sor juana on tumblr! i wrote my thesis about her! rock on.