Every day, little girls across the world mature into young women, the target on their back growing in accordance with their budding breasts. The age at which girls put down their barbie dolls and begin stuffing their bras is decreasing on a daily basis. Young girls are pumped full of the physical concept sexuality prematurely, being taught to survive by using their bodies as their only weapon. 84% of women are catcalled before the age of 17, a statistic proliferating by the minute. However misogyny has been coiled inside of them far earlier than the first time they are barked at from the street. From being told by your kindergarten teacher that the boys who taunt and harass you are vying for your romantic attention to sexist dress codes being implemented on girls as young as 10, sexism runs rampant in America’s school system.
“The first time a sexually explicit comment was made to me, I was in fifth grade. At …show more content…
For guys, they are rewarded and congratulated when they hook up with multiple women in a short period of time, while girls are called a slut and shamed for it. A lot of guys, older and younger, think that girls are there for them, not their own person. Like “Oh, I have a girlfriend now, she’s mine.” Women and men are created equal and should be treated like so.” Slut shaming, by definition is the act of criticising a woman for her real or presumed sexual activity, or for behaving in ways that someone thinks are associated with her real or presumed sexual activity. A woman’s sexuality is between her and her partner(s), and cannot and should not be presumed by the way she dresses or behaves. The social practice of slut shaming of underage girls is a prime example of misogyny and sexism in high schools- women are condemned and called to task for their (accurate or otherwise) sexual reputations, while men are congratulated for displaying the exact same
“The first time a sexually explicit comment was made to me, I was in fifth grade. At …show more content…
For guys, they are rewarded and congratulated when they hook up with multiple women in a short period of time, while girls are called a slut and shamed for it. A lot of guys, older and younger, think that girls are there for them, not their own person. Like “Oh, I have a girlfriend now, she’s mine.” Women and men are created equal and should be treated like so.” Slut shaming, by definition is the act of criticising a woman for her real or presumed sexual activity, or for behaving in ways that someone thinks are associated with her real or presumed sexual activity. A woman’s sexuality is between her and her partner(s), and cannot and should not be presumed by the way she dresses or behaves. The social practice of slut shaming of underage girls is a prime example of misogyny and sexism in high schools- women are condemned and called to task for their (accurate or otherwise) sexual reputations, while men are congratulated for displaying the exact same