As girls, we’re taught to cover up our shoulders and wear high neck clothes because our shoulders and mild cleavage might distract the boys. Why aren’t the boys taught to control their desire? Why should girls have to cover up because a few men might not be able to control themselves and take advantage.
I’m not saying this is all guys. It’s rare, thankfully, but we should be allowed to wear sleeveless clothes, high skirts and low cut shirts if we want to. (I get at school, but even then, why can’t we at least show our shoulders on no uniform days?)
Yes, we are allowed to wear these clothes, but some men take advantage of us, so we’re taught by our parents to cover up to protect ourselves. For me, clothing is one of my ways to express myself. But I’m so scared to wear the clothes I want to wear because I’m scared a man might not be able to control themselves.
And at least at my school, the girls were told not to wear any provocative clothing or ‘you’re asking for it’ as my teacher said (he was a man too) but the boys weren’t told not to do it. Why? Why weren’t they taught that it is wrong? Instead of telling us to cover up so it doesn’t happen, why not address the problem directly? The solution isn’t telling women to cover up. It’s telling men that that is not okay.