{"id":1824,"date":"2014-07-30T21:50:29","date_gmt":"2014-07-30T21:50:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=1824"},"modified":"2015-06-03T21:53:05","modified_gmt":"2015-06-03T21:53:05","slug":"ladies-laugh-out-loud-among-a-crowd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/ladies-laugh-out-loud-among-a-crowd\/","title":{"rendered":"Ladies, Laugh Out Loud Among a Crowd"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ladies, laugh out loud among a crowd
\nIt is not a sin to\u00c2\u00a0 smile
\nWhat kind of mind sinful would find
\nThe face that does beguile?
\nCan a man – if he think himself so –
\nIf he himself so calls
\nNot control himself at a woman’s laughter
\nTo be a man takes more than balls…<\/p>\n

Sorry,\u00c2\u00a0 I state wrong, to be a man takes balls
\nThe balls to stand up to bigotry
\nFor you are a fool or are blind
\nIf the bigotry in keeping women silent one cant see…
\nLadies, laugh loud, to laugh be proud
\nLaugh at Bulent Ar\u00c4\u00b1nc for being a fool
\nWhat will be next, we ask perplexed?
\nWill he like Boko Haram decree to close each school?<\/p>\n

\"The
The mind boggles at Bulent Ar\u00c4\u00b1nc’s call for women not to “laugh in public” or “talk of trivial things and reciepes on mobile phones” . Is he Oliver J. Flanagan reincarnated?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ladies, laugh out loud among a crowd It is not a sin to\u00c2\u00a0 smile What kind of mind sinful would find The face that does beguile? Can a man – if he think himself so – If he himself so calls Not control himself at a woman’s laughter To be …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[2350,1981,1980,1423,129],"class_list":["post-1824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-islam","tag-laughter","tag-misogyny","tag-turkey","tag-womens-rights","column","twocol"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-tq","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2662,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/king-arthur-on-the-high-seas\/","url_meta":{"origin":1824,"position":0},"title":"King Arthur on the High Seas","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"17th April 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Among the sickness and slaughter as they sailed the wild water There was fun and frivolous games played by the sailors of the seas In dangerous times when good business was bad crimes There was life and laughter echoing in the breeze. 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