I am so tired of the “all girls have to be modest”, “don’t wear a tank top”, “your distracting boys”, “you aren’t being lady like” rhetoric. I know there has been a ton and a half of preachy posts about being body positive and accepting people and that most of you are sick of it, but please hear me out.
It’s not your body! If they aren’t your children you don’t get a say! How about you stop judging young women for showing to much skin and start telling them they can dress however they want and it doesn’t erode their intelligence. Instead of focusing on how they dress tell them they can be scientists and mechanics. Or you could try holding the young men to the same standards, and telling them that catcalling a girl is disrespectful, or that telling her she needs to “cover up” because he “doesn’t want to see that” is a horrible thing to say, let them know that it doesn’t matter what a girl wears because she is still a human being deserving every ounce of respect he thinks he is so entitled to. Some girls like tight clothes that show off our skin and make us feel good. Some girls like baggy pants and sweatshirts. We don’t have to be ladylike to fit your sensibilities. Honestly it doesn’t matter if we do it for the attention, to get sex, to play in the dirt or just because it makes us feel good. Unless you’re complementing me on my “slutty” top or my “boyish” jeans, you can keep your mouth shut and find something better to do.
