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Oh my gods!

My ankles are showing? I need to cover them before this house burns down due to their hotness!

My calves are showing? I need to cover them, despite the fact that it causes skin irritation, before my family disowns me!

An inch of my midriff is showing because you asked me to get something off the top shelf? Oh no! I am sorry you looked at it instead of guiding me to which object I have to pick up.

My bra strap is showing? I'm sorry manufacturers don't make shirts and dresses that properly cover the straps of a sports bra.

I'm not wearing a proper bra? I'm sorry manufacturers don't make bras that suit today's clothing in such a way that it also fits your norms.

My hair is not in a tightly pulled, heavily oiled braid? I'm sorry I don't want to smell like coconut oil and 20 other things and actually want to preserve my hair on my scalp.

I am wearing "mens' wear"? I'm sorry I don't wear tight-fitting, blood-blocking, skin-irritating, pocket-less clothes normally designed for women.

I'm not wearing something 'traditional'? I'm sorry, I'm just trying to follow the rules you have set down for me:
No bra straps
No midriff exposure
No leaving hair out
No chest exposure
No lifting up bottom while walking to expose ankles and/or calves.

I am being a brat during my periods? I'm sorry I get pains and you don't allow me to touch anything or even sit with my back against something comfortable.

A/N: I'm an Indian teenage girl who comes from a very conservatice family - one that has absolutely no regards for my feelings.

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