A Man’s World: 30 Double Standards And Expectations That Haunt Women’s Childhoods

The world is unnecessarily cruel to women 💔💔

Often close family members as well. So let's just pretend it never happened because "what would the neighbors think?" right mom?

started when I was seven years old.

Such a sad world we live in.

What childhood?

I shouldn't have started reading this list. The world is an ugly ugly place!

BEFORE puberty!

Being hit on at the ripe old age of 16 years and 5 seconds because men are dogs like that.

And do it in a way that won't get you hurt or killed

Um, it's before puberty for a lot of us. Try 5 years old.

I always shut other similarly minded adults up about these topics. They literally cannot compute what I am saying most of the time and I have to forcefully shut down the topic. This behaviour should not be tolerated.

"Boys will be boys!" And they'll stay that way until someone does something about them.

As a youngster I was told "you can't do that because you're a girl." I did it anyway.

Every time mom put me in some ridiculously itchy dress or skirt I spent all day in pain and being told to 'sit like a lady'. Hated every freakin second of it. Avoided it at all cost. The second I was old enough to fight back I refused to wear anything that wasn't soft and absolutely no skirts.

Got picked on by a boy when we were both about four or five years old and was told "he likes you!" It was all downhill from there until the inevitable SA came along.

Oof, yes, so much this.

I get you. I’ve been told by some family and friends that I’m fat and ugly… as a kid, but also as an adult. I thought I was a lost cause until I found my present day partner. It’s hard to hate yourself when someone loves you just the way you are…

I started hating my body and thinking of myself as "fat" when I was SEVEN. And no, I wasn't a fat kid. Nor was I ugly; looking back at old pictures all I see now is an adorable little girl with sad eyes.

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Going to the gym/ working out helps with these problems.

AAUW did studies on this and it bears out, puberty for females is a hallmark of the patriarchy changing the focus from their minds to their bodies. It's beyond disgusting. Worse with all the pron addicts, men's threshold for sexualizing women has increased.

Having to be your mom's "best friend and therapist" :(

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Not all religious families. Just many.

I loved that speech! I think most women can relate to that double standard.

I saw the movie in the theater, and I'm pretty sure the whole theater clapped when she finished her speech

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I think this is true, but also true for boys - there are always societal expectations that we are sometimes forced to meet. They may not be what we personally want, but what we need to do depending on the circumstances. Any of these points could be applied to males.

Not walking after dark. Carrying pepper spray from my job to my car. Never going to the bathroom alone.

"And periods" like it's an afterthought!

I'm a grown man, and almost every time I say that I'm unmarried and that I live alone I'm asked who cooks and cleans for me, how come my shirts are well ironed, and do I take my dirty clothes to my mother for cleaning. Is it so strange that a grown It's infuriating. Those are basic life skills needed for purely biological survival.

Well, he made you a girl, so thanks a lot...

Right, sorry, I'll just start over from the character select screen.

Must have missed my character creation screen

Intelligence and stupidity are opposite sides of the genes from your parents. You obviously should have chosen different father, too.

I love being a mother. However, I can't wrap my head around the idea that everyone should want to be a parent. It's a personal choice and I really think that every child deserves to be truly wanted.

I am 70 and just didn't want kids. Period. Also, I didn't want to have to feel like a possession. I have lived with a good man for 40 years and he's never pushed family or marriage on me. I'm just starting to realize how brave I was to reject the status quo for my generation. I was just being me. I remember at 20, my mom said "Be careful and don't get an infection, you may not be able to GIVE a man children," and me telling her, truly disgusted, "Why on earth would I want to give my life away like that. Do that to my body for some guy and be stuck?" She barely spoke to me for years.

One bonus point for the 40 coming up: the questions get less and less

Having an expectation is one thing. Imposing a requirement is another. (Looking at you, USSC).

everyone feels worthless when they don't have children. not just women

I am hoping the women of the US can get their s**t together and vote against the orange Chump. If they think things are bad now, wait until( hopefully not) the dictator gets back in. Ready to relive the 1800s? No? Then don't vote Republican ladies!!!