It's disgusting. We are told to love our bodies but we have
to be hairless, thin, have boobs. Men like girls who
don't wear makeup, but when we go without, people point out
our flaws. We can like sports and watch them but we can’t
play them unless they are toned down and pretty enough to be
oggled at. We can be nerds but we can’t be TOO smart or
we forget our place. We are told to be independent, but also to
need a prince charming and to seek him out by constantly
changing ourselves and being perfect for him. We are given the
message that outside beauty is what matters the most but if we
have it and get successful it was because we have a pretty
face. We are told we exaggerate and should just go with it when
we complain of being objects and property. We are taught that
being a woman is worthy of an insult… WE have to fear
walking at night. WE have to go in a group if we need to use
the bathroom in a strange place. WE have to be cautious of
where we are and who we are with. That we are told to hush and
get over it if we are assaulted because real life isn’t
like the crime shows and it is harder to convict the assaulter.
That female artists are degraded and yelled at in artist
alleys. That you are judged just by how you wear a
t-shirt.
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