Women Lie | Violins in Flight

Women Lie

I wrote Women Lie on October 3, 2016, after listening to a coward say this about his dozen accusers: "Those women are all liars."

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I'm here to tell you that women lie.

Women lie when they put on extra makeup in the morning so their children won't see the bruises.

Women lie when they hold ice packs on their swollen arms so that neighbors might not notice the black and blue marks.

Women lie when they wear sunglasses on cloudy days so that inquisitive shoppers can't see their blackened eye.

Women lie when they remain silent while their in-laws rave about the deific talents of the women's exalted husbands.

Women lie when asked directly by family members if they've ever been beaten by their husbands.

Women lie at parent-teacher meetings when asked if their children have ever witnessed violence at home.

Women lie for many reasons but no reason is more diabolical than the one embedded in each of the above lies.

Women lie to protect men.

And what happens when women finally tell the truth?

The men they protected call them liars.

Which brings me to what I want you to know.

I can hate any man, but I've a special hatred for the gutless men who utter these words...

"Those women are all liars."