In the days that are gone when a statue was wanted

In park or museum where statues must be,

A chivalrous male would come forward undaunted

And say: "If you must have one, make it of me.

Bad though they be, yet I'll agree

If you must make them, why make them of me."

But chivalry's dead, as I always expected

Since women would not let things stay as they were;

So now, I suppose, when a statue's erected

Men will say brutally: "Make it of her."

She may prefer things as they were

When they start making the statues of her.