If brains were converted into metrics

1 unit of Male would equal 20 women in Okon Village

Where we consult the talisman of stethoscopes

When the hearing of heartbeats becomes a magician’s trade

They call him Doctor and call her nurse

The stage is set for role play

But only he receives the director’s cut to study, learn, earn, and be somebody

They claim that the only stem she needed to learn however

Was the ability to become the root that grows children into branches and become family trees

And Adam’s apple was the only fruit considered nutritious enough to consume anyway

She couldn’t afford to be an Engineer neither

Machines are man-made after all

So who really cares for a woman’s touch on the rough edges of steel plates and iron ore

The only chores she was available for was making sure the dinner plate’s clean and the iron’s hot

Other than that she needn’t be concerned about education

Let alone to walk on moons while the Sun reigns

Or predict rain

Women weren’t meant to be Scientists

Although the female body has been an Astrologist telling the position of the moon since the beginning of time.

Women weren’t meant to meddle with Technology

Albeit Mother was fit to handle the nine month contract of human informatics and wired technology

Women weren’t born to be Engineers

After all there is nothing about engineering in child rearing, raising one is just an ancient duty that involves inventing safe processes, designing practical systems, and building sustainable structures that lasts a lifetime

Women weren’t suitable for Mathematics

Even if the equation for the metrics of 1 Male per 20 Women couldn’t even be possible without the Mother of 1 Male

If I were the world I’d want more of her in STEM

What’s better to be a stem than the root?

Who better to master Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics

Than a Woman?

In Okon Village, 1 unit of Male equals 20 women

But in the rest of the world, we all know better

Right?

© Akindele T.M. Decker

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