I don't understand. Why does every girl have to suffer for the ridiculous backward thinking of society? Don't wear this, don't do that. Even the most "modern" parent is more worried about telling their daughter to act a certain way instead of telling them to fight against the thought process that brought this situation. If every parent taught their sons to respect and value women, then their daughters wouldn't have to watch what they wear for fear of "provoking" a boy, or watch how much they drink for fear of being taken advantage of. A boy can say "I need to get laid" or "I wanna fuck" out loud, hell they can even scream it, but if a girl says it they are a slut, a whore.
This is ridiculous. If anyone has ever met me, I am not a provocative dresser. I wear the occasional crop top, or short shorts, maybe a low V-neck once in a while, but in general my style consists of leggings, jeans, t-shirts and long sleeves. I live a very casual life. But I refuse to be one of those desi girls that wear cardigans and jackets with literally everything and layer four undershirts under a tee to make sure everything is covered. That just looks childish and frankly, stupid.
Today, I went to school in black leggings, a white 3/4th sleeve shirt, and a cardigan. The shirt is the cause of this little rant here. To start off, I never wear light colors. I am just a dark color kind of girl, but today I did for whatever reason. The shirt has a pretty high neck.... I'd have to be bending down all the way for ANY cleavage to be shown. However, unfortunately it is kind of thin. I figured since I was wearing a cardigan with it today I didn't need to wear an undershirt. My bad, won't be making that mistake again. My mother decided that the fact that my purple bra could be vaguely seen through it was a travesty. You would literally have to be staring so hard to see it that you would be squinting. That turned into this whole huge fight. She went as far as to say that I was "provoking" people. ARE YOU SHITTING ME? Literally no cleavage, no butt, not even a bra strap, yet I'm "provoking" people. Then my dad compared me to girls whose shirts don't even cover their boobs. We had previously talked about how that was inappropriate and how he disapproved. Thanks dad. Yet when I point out that they are basically calling me a slut.... "Oh no, you know that isn't what we meant" and "Quit blowing things out of proportion" were their responses. Glad I know where I stand with my parents now. Just one thing.... Don't tell me that you understand me and you want to be my friend if you don't understand why what you said is an issue. Don't make this my fault or tell me that I'm ok with showing more skin now. Like yes, obviously I'm 16, if I don't wear this stuff now, am I going to do it when I'm 80? "Don't wear that you look too old, don't wear that you look too young, dress your age" they say. So why do I get yelled at when I'm trying to dress my age. You can't have it both ways. I can't be told to dress my age and then not be allowed to wear V-necks. Newsflash.... That's what kids my age wear.
I'm fucking 5'8" its hard enough for me to find clothes I am comfortable wearing. But even then, once I finally find something my parents find something wrong with it. Fine, whatever. But if I have approved and you have approved and it somehow made its way to our house don't give me the shit that it's not appropriate. How the fuck does it change from being "pretty" and "cute" one day to "slutty" and "provocative" the next. Like I'm sorry I have boobs. My b, trust me if I could make them smaller I would so I could wear half the shit I want to without feeling uncomfortable. My parents know how hard it is for me to find clothes. They know how frustrating and upsetting shopping is for me because nothing ever fits and nothing ever looks good. Yet they have to go and make this 10x harder for me because of shit like this. I could be covered head to toe and people will still find a way to make me seem like a slut.
Newsflash fuckers, I'm a sixteen year old American girl of Indian ancestry who has never had a boyfriend, never been kissed, and is a virgin. As far as I know that's the opposite of a slut. Thank you and haters please fuck yourselves.
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My Rants
Non-FictionA collection of rants. These are written in moments when my emotions are running high. They are rants so they probably don't make sense, and they don't have solutions. They just show how I was feeling in certain situations at certain points in my li...