Slut shaming is really common in a lot of places and this fact disappoints me to no end. It's like, "Wow, that really hot guy is walking around shirtless! Ew, that girl over there is wearing shorts and a modest crop top! She's basically the spawn of the devil!". The poor girl is just wearing what she feels comfortable in and anyway, she's probably more covered than the dude you were ogling a couple minutes ago. Stop judging!
I also really hate it when people bother girls about the amount of makeup they wear. I will admit, I don't see the real point of makeup, but I don't go around pestering other girls who feel good wearing it. And what especially pisses me off is the fact that at least half of the people who are judging her probably chipped at her self esteem until she felt uncomfortable in her own skin. And that leads us to fat shaming, a completely new hell for basically all teenage girls.
Fat shaming is just, it's just no! If their comfortable in their bodies, why are trying to change them? There's only, like, one way to answer that question without sounding like a complete jack ass and even then, things can get dicy. And, most of the people getting shamed are a normal size and are just being ridiculed by the skinny, might-as-well-be-models of their school. There's no point in acting like that!
Anyway, steering away from the whole self esteem thing, I also wanted to talk more about actually slut shaming. So, there are these two girls in my class that are always watching out for a cute guy. They're intelligent and pretty friendly, for the most part. They wear makeup, go to the mall, do the whole, stereotypical "girly" things to do. There have been many times that I have been tempted to beat up a stupid boy or some overly talkative girl for them. Or more likely, with them (they can both be really scary and violent when they want). Every time I hear someone bothered them, I get really upset, because they're smart and firm in their belief of feminism and yet, because they openly like guys (and, on occasion, have been chosen over someone else who wasn't already someones someone), they're sluts who want to steal your boyfriend. Like, what the hell?
That's it for this chapter. I hope you enjoyed.
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Rants Of My Own Design
RandomPolitical and social opinions of mine. If you are easily offended do NOT read this book. You have been warned.
