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ladyloveandjustice:lectorel:thedatingfeminist:imgross-ok:unfriendlytaiwanesehottie:zambiunicorn:ryannshannon:Some comics I made based (practically verbatim) off of a pretty wild day in my 9th grade math class. Looking back on it now is funny because of the cartoon-level absurdity of it all, but at the time it was extremely frustrating. I guess that’s reminiscent of a lot of high school experiences in general, but it also reminded me of some pretty gendered standards I was expected to uphold as a 14 year old girl who wasn’t even very good at algebra in the first place!THIS IS DRAWN SO CUTE AND HAS MANY CUTE EXPRESSIONS AND I LOVE IT and it also makes me SO ANGRY LOL“girls mature faster than boys”but that’s cause we’re expected to thoughits bc we’re not seen as forgivable, we’re not allowed to make mistakes and grow through them, our immaturity is unattractive and annoying, whereas a boy’s immaturity is a respected stage. we’re held to a higher standard not bc we are respected more, but for the exact opposite, we just arent worth the trouble. we’re shoved into the role of care taker and door mat since day one. our purpose is to not stand in the way of male development or happiness. our health and happiness is not the priority. “I expect that from the boys, but not from you” — I heard that so. often. as a kid. But you know what? I probably would have told you that gender inequality wasn’t a thing anymore, if you’d asked me as a ten-year-old. Because I was so fucking inured to the countless microaggressions I dealt with as a girl that I didn’t even notice them. When teachers said shit like this, it was unfair like rain on your beach day was unfair - it was unfathomable that this kind of unfairness could be changed. How many little girls are being told right now, in how many different ways, that they are expected to be a pleasant-looking backdrop, a sweet-tempered supporter to the boys around them?How many little boys are being told right now, in how many different ways, that they can do whatever the fuck they want at the expense of the girls around them?And how is that affecting them and the kind of people they’ll be as adults? How is it shaping their instinctive beliefs about how women should be treated?It’d be hard, but I really feel parents should teach little girls the following phrases to be deployed in these situations and be prepared to back them when other adults complain:“I’m [age], I’m not anyone’s parent.”“I’m a kid, It’s not my job to set a good example.” (Possibly with “that’s your job,” attached.)“Then you’ll have to be disappointed.” (In response to any variation of ‘I expect better of a girl’)“You’re being unfair and sexist, and I’m telling my parents.”I’ve said this before,when I was in middle school, I would always get in trouble if I hit a boy. But the boys never got suspended for hitting me even when I didn’t fight back. During an argument in sixth grade, I lightly poked an older boy in the chest. Then he slapped me. I didn’t hit him back because I was on “probation”. I was sure my teacher would suspend him like I had gotten when I hit boys. Our teacher just gave him a lecture about how he shouldn’t hit girls. I got a lecture too. No other punishment. Other times I reported attacks (including one boy trying to hit me with rocks) I saw no sign of boys being suspended.That’s why when I was in high school, I didn’t report it to the teachers when a group of boys followed me around and hit me with balls during gym. I thought it was more likely I’d get in trouble- especially when I got fed up and took their ball from them and when a boy tried to physically take it from me, I accidentally ripped his shirt. That’s why when a boy tried to sexually assault me in high school, I didn’t report it either, thinking I’d probably get in trouble for shoving him off me. I knew I’d be punished for being a girl, while they would be excused for being boys. -- source link