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As a little girl, I was taught to be strong and confident when I grew up. So I dress in sexy clothes that make me feel empowered, but I'm harassed or assaulted and made to feel like it was my fault because I had it coming. Will attitudes toward women ever change?



so true,
hopefully as time goes on, more and more women will refuse to put up with or quietly accept daily harassment.
and refusing to be silenced
unfortunately we all do become so jaded by it as its such a daily thing in a woman's life.
women still have a long way to go, the battle isn't over.
as each generation of strong women make even stronger daughters things will get better, i hope![]()


For some, no. As generations pass, it gets better. Unfortunately, it seems to take a long, long time to fundamentally shift society's thinking. And we'll never change everybody, or even close to everybody.
As a side note, I'm not sure why the California shooting in May is still being used as a calling card for everyday sexism. It was a clear case of mental illness, causing isolation and social ineptitude that, coupled with his emergence from puberty, drove him to a life of misery, delusion and longing. He wanted sex; what man doesn't? He wanted a girlfriend; what man doesn't? He blamed women for not wanting to be with him. He blamed men for having what he could not. When he saw men and women together, it drove him crazy with jealousy. He killed more men than women, which was largely circumstance. His plan was to go to a sorority and off as many women as he could; for denying him the pleasures in life. Then he was going to do the same for men; because if he couldn't have those pleasures, no one else should. I mean, at that point his thinking was so skewed, there's no rational thought in him. Sure, he often spouted nonsense in his writing that we'd interpret as sexism, but it certainly wasn't run-of-the-mill stuff. It was obviously brought about by his illness, not a society that promotes that crap.
Last edited by ushar; 07-24-2014 at 09:28 AM.


Reading that reminded me of a video I saw about sexism being reversed. It's a little long but extremely accurate and something I think everyone should see. We've come a long way as women, but we still have a long way to go. It's sad because even women will harass each other by calling each other sluts and bitches. It just makes it OK for men to do the same.
But I think you're right, every generation is getting stronger, more supportive, and more aware





i was raised pretty much as a boy growing up..until i hit my teen years. i remember going for a walk with my best friend at like 12 or 13 down the road in broad daylight ( in my tiny little hillbilly town) and my parents had a fit. " good girls don't go walking around the streets!! people might get the wrong idea" , and then after that it was a life of restriction and fear drilled into me because i was female.





All my Dad had was 3 girls until my brother came along. So we did guy things with him like watch sports, play sports, go fishing. He also showed us basic electrical and plumbing stuff so we could repair things around the house. He didn't want to be helpless or dependent on someone else. But he also wanted his girls to be girly too.
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