Hundreds Of Women Have Been Touched By This Poem About Why Girls Mature Faster Than Boys

"We are taught all the ways our bodies are bait for violence."

Posted on May 12, 2016, 12:57 GMT

Imaan Sheikh

BuzzFeed Staff

Bengali-American poet Enakshi "Ena" Ganguly posted the following poem with a childhood photo of herself on her Instagram. It's titled "Boys Will Be Boys".

The poem was cross-posted to Ena's Facebook and has resonated with hundreds of women.

"I have received messages from people, mostly saying thank you for putting into words what folks were feeling or thinking all along," Ganguly told BuzzFeed.