I disagree that dressing appropriately. When women are told they can wear nothing but heavy clothing which conceals their figure entirely for them by society, yet men are free to walk around in water they wish, there's something wrong. I am an American, but I live in the middle of Africa. I wear shorts and skirts out and about which show my legs. I am given dirty looks by women, and some pervy looks from men. I no longer feel comfortable in the clothes I love because I am a female. Inequality.
Right, there are many issues with this. For one, I say dressing appropriately in reference to school dress codes, which are in place for both boys and girls, and are in place to prepare children for a dress code in a place of work. I don’t care what people wear in their private time, it’s not my business.
For another, you say women are told to dress a certain way, they are not, it’s called social convention, and it’s fine to disagree with it, but it’s not an enforced thing, it’s just peer pressure. If you bow to peer pressure that is your own choice, and if you fight against peer pressure there will be consequences to it, but that is the price you pay for doing something that is frowned upon. Not to mention men have their own social conventions, it’s not a gendered thing.
And lastly, I usually talk about issues in the west, because I live in the west and most of the people I interact with are also in the west, I apologise if things are different where you live, but I cannot include every single country. If you have an issue with the expectations of you as a woman where you live, I encourage you to fight against them, but it’s not what I’m referring to.
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