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I absolutely agree with the points being made here. My high school, though, doesn’t really enforce the dress code. No hats, no hoods, no sunglasses, that’s about it. Then again, the county I live in is kind of fucked anyway. But something I’d like to share. I am, by no means, attractive. Overweight, not a pretty face, but I don’t try. Only time I wore shorts to school, with thigh high socks, I got catcalled by a fucking freshman. I was a junior. And he called me “sexy mama”? Never wore shorts again. I’m a lucky one though, I hang out with mostly males and none of them have been corrupted by the system, though most guys there are total bastards. It’d probably kill me to see my friends turn into that...
3 years agoReply
BedazzledBlue
I'm so sorry about that asshole! Calling a girl "sexy mama" for wearing shorts to school is completely unacceptable and really fucked up. I'm glad that your male friends are all good people; but it really sucks that there are a bunch of jerks out there. The system needs to go. It has needed to go for a while.
3 years agoReply
urmom
and people wonder why our young men are growing up to be sexist, rude pigs. Because they were taught from a young age that you can get away with whatever and that everyone will make excuses for them. I usually hang out with mostly boys because I vibe with boys better and most of my closest friends are guys but I can not tell you how many times there have been offensive lewd comments made towards me. All my friends are telling me that he's complimenting me by commenting on my body or making sexual comments but again, is something makes a person uncomfortable, you simply SHOULDN'T DO IT! Or (and I'm not the only girl that this has happened to) when a guy "accidentally" touches your boob or butt. Not okay. That's disgusting and inappropriate. Society needs to change the way young men are being raised or young girls will have lots of problems in the future. It's sad that its dangerous to be a girl in this world and that I have to "watch what I wear" for fears of getting catcalled. Can you imagine? The first time I got catcalled was in fifth grade. Think about that.
3 years agoReply
BedazzledBlue
You said it perfectly. It's so fucked up and so wrong that a girl would get catcalled at all but especially in fifth grade, when you're only 10 or 11 years old! I'm so sorry that it happened to you and I don't know why your friends would think that it's a compliment. Isn't a compliment supposed to make you feel good about yourself? Catcalling does the opposite. It is so dehumanizing and inappropriate, no matter the intention or circumstance. It's never okay. I think we can do a lot of good by raising boys to be feminists.
3 years agoReply
urmom
@BedazzledBlue, Fr
3 years agoReply
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