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Nicole Armas
I agree with both parts. I went to a Catholic high school that had a uniform and the bullshit girls endured because of that was ridiculous. I also went to Catholic elementary schools that enforced sexist dress codes so from my experience the over sexualization and shaming of young girls comes largely from religious culture. They teach that women are responsible for not "making their brothers fall into sin." This allows people to blame girls and women if they get sexually harassed or assaulted. It's a way for men to control and subjugate women and they start young. Dress codes are reasonable enough but not when there's ridiculous double standards.
3 years ago
BedazzledBlue
Absolutely, the double standards are so idiotic and unreasonable. The fact that the girls are blamed for the boy's behaviors or thoughts is bullshit. And the girls being so young only makes it worse. Sexual harrassment and assault is so unbelievably wrong, especially when the victims are teenaged girls! Although I'm not religious in any way, I have a relative who is extremely religious and it is ridiculous how excessively sexist and homophobic she is whenever I visit her. When I was only 12 or 13, she used to corner me and my brothers and ask us outright if we were gay. I had been coming to terms with my sexuality and realizing that I was bisexual at the time, and I'm sure that if I told her that, she would have told me to go burn in hell and that my very existence was invalid and wrong, and then she would've immediately disowned me from the family. She's part of the reason that it took me so long to come out to my family. My immediate family is super caring and accepting, but my grandparents made me feel so worthless. Not all religion or religious people are bad, but I hate when people use their religion as a way to spread prejudice, sexism, racism, and homophobia.
3 years ago
Nicole Armas
@BedazzledBlue, I hate when people use their religion to be a bigot too. One of the reasons I ended up leaving Catholicism (besides the sexism and other nonsensical beliefs) is how homophobic and transphobic they are. I'm not part of the LGBT+ community but the discriminatory teachings that they try to sugar coat never sat right with me. It's okay to be gay they said but you MUST be celibate. Bullshit. LGBT+ people are spiritually "broken" and "disordered". Bullshit. I'm sorry you had to put with that, you're not worthless and no one should be made to feel worthless due to things that are beyond their control like their orientation, sex, gender, etc. I'm glad that your immediate family is accepting though!
3 years ago
BedazzledBlue
@Nicole Armas, Thank you for your acceptance and kind words 💕 There are certainly many wrong things in the world but it's because of people like you in the world that I can be confident and happy in myself.
3 years ago
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