A Girl by Ezra Pound

The tree has entered my hands,
The sap has ascended my arms,
The tree has grown in my breast-
Downward,
The branches grow out of me, like arms.

Tree you are,
Moss you are,
You are violets with wind above them.
A child - so high - you are,
And all this is folly to the world.

Teaching ESL/EFL Students to Recognize Gender Bias in Children's Literature, http://iteslj.org/Articles/Kuo-GenderBias.html

Getting our students to recognise and think critically gender bias in the texts we use in class can be difficult if students are not aware of the importance and relevance of gender issues not only in the text, but in the world today. Why do we perform (and believe we must perform) our gender in a certain way? Does it matter that this character, or we ourselves are seen/want or do not want to be seen in a particular, gendered way, judged by a particular gender standard? Do these limit us? Do they set us free? It is important for our students to understand that these societal gender beliefs are part of a long narrative of stories and tales functioning as social engineering. This document is useful to us as teachers, outlining gender stereotypes in children’s literature, a prevalent form of social engineering, and some suggested approaches to teaching gender issues.