I’m pretty sure that everybody has heard the phrases “don’t be such a girl” or “you run like a girl!” or any variation of it (hit, fight, etc). It’s usually said to guys as an insult because girls are weak and silly and it’s super insulting to be compared to one. It gives the idea that it’s bad to be a girl. Now imagine if a little girl is around to hear this said to a boy. She would probably start to wonder what is wrong with being a girl, and maybe even begin to hate the idea of being one. Maybe she’ll begin to hate the color pink and anything associated with being “girly”. This is actually very very common in today’s world. Unfortunately, theses young girls are also being sexualized. Sexualization is when something that is not even remotely
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We’re always worried about how we’re seen, yet we can also be extremely judgemental ourselves, and we help perpetuate this idea of how clothing defines the person. It definitely invokes a sense of guilt, because, let’s be honest here, who hasn’t thought something bad about a person based on what they’re wearing? The image really hits the nail on the head, because with women, most of the judgements are sexual judgements. Whether it’s about skirt or short length, if any part of the bra is showing, how much cleavage is bared, etc, women are always being judged based on whether they have sex or not. The sexualization of women, especially young women, has gotten so bad, that girls in grade school are actually forced into a strict dress codes that if they break it, they are sent home. This implies that they’re clothes are more important than they’re education. They’re not allowed to wear tank tops, or shorts of a certain length, or a shirt that even slightly shows a bra or even bra strap so as not to distract the boys. Once again, here’s the idea of boys not being able to control themselves, so girls have to make sure not to do anything to provoke them. It gives the impression that a woman and her sexuality and her body are inherently
We’re always worried about how we’re seen, yet we can also be extremely judgemental ourselves, and we help perpetuate this idea of how clothing defines the person. It definitely invokes a sense of guilt, because, let’s be honest here, who hasn’t thought something bad about a person based on what they’re wearing? The image really hits the nail on the head, because with women, most of the judgements are sexual judgements. Whether it’s about skirt or short length, if any part of the bra is showing, how much cleavage is bared, etc, women are always being judged based on whether they have sex or not. The sexualization of women, especially young women, has gotten so bad, that girls in grade school are actually forced into a strict dress codes that if they break it, they are sent home. This implies that they’re clothes are more important than they’re education. They’re not allowed to wear tank tops, or shorts of a certain length, or a shirt that even slightly shows a bra or even bra strap so as not to distract the boys. Once again, here’s the idea of boys not being able to control themselves, so girls have to make sure not to do anything to provoke them. It gives the impression that a woman and her sexuality and her body are inherently