Problem with society

Okay, firstly I want to apologise for how long I've been away from this site for. I am awful for leaving this and I promise you from now on, I'll be back to updating it.

Now, secondly - 'Sexualised women'. I am taking a step away from writing, just for now, to talk about a very important issue. (Sensitive subject coming up but I'll try to stay away from certain words)

I want to make a statement about a way of life that has been happening, is still happening, and is completely backwards. I joined Tumblr mroe so I could read/see other things. I don't do a whole lot of stuff but I see a hell of a lot more. Some of that includes the problems with our society and more in particular, with women.

"You shouldn't dress like that, men are dogs." <- This is a comment I've heard somebody receive for how they were dressed. (A crop top and a floor length skirt).

There are many other comments which we've all heard about. Firstly, we live in the 21st century. These clothes exist because we want to wear them. If we want to wear a crop top because we're feeling good that day, or because it makes us feel good about our body that day, why can't we? Because men might see those few inches of skin as an invitation?

Constantly women are being told what they should and shouldn't wear by society. But why? Why is it wrong for women to wear shorts and a vest yet any man may walk around in shorts and a naked chest? If a woman took her shirt off to walk around a shopping centre it'd be wrong and she'd be slammed as some kind of slut.

Ask yourself a question, if on a night out you have to be a part of a group to feel even a little bit safe, how right that is. Most women have to travel together or stay with people that they know in order to feel like they can have some fun. Yes, some women can go out on their own and have one hell of a time, but most of the time we can't go anywhere without the fear that our dress will attract the wrong kind of attention.

Because women are asking for it. Because men apparently have such little self restraint that it has to be a woman's fault.

Wrong.

How about instead of telling a woman she cannot allow herself to feel beautiful through her clothes and her personal appreciation of her body, we tell men to control themselves. We all wear clothes as an extenstion to ourselves. If on a particular day a woman has taken extra time to get dressed up, to make herself feel good, awesome and pretty, then why should she be criticised for it?

Women, if you are feeling awesome and want to share your awesome feeling through the clothes you wear, go for it. Wear whatever the hell you want and be proud.

This is all.