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Almost everybody's experienced sexism. Whether it be unintentional, or fully intentional, it's happened. Bored Panda has tons of posts on this. Just the other day, my younger sister, who's just 8, was walking back from school, which just reopened, and two men in a semi honked at her just for laughs. Whether this was sexism or just rudeness, I can't stand it. And I'm wondering what your first experiences were.
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#1
I was raised in the country life. We always loved mud, dirt, hunting, and sports. Well, 8th grade we were playing kick ball. The boys made me be in the back of the line. I asked and one of them looked at me and said, "Because you're a girl and girls are not supposed to play sports," then he pointed to the preps, " Why not be like them, pretty, thin, girly, not like you". Then he turned around and said nothing else...so to prove my point i kicked him in the balls. Then I told him that I can play kick ball.
Final score:
52points
Bisexual gamer gurl 4 years ago
this is me i was raised around guns and animals and a country town, we moved a couple of months ago and everyone says I shouldn't be doing what the boys are doing sports and stuff
Lit Present Mic (Anime SImp) 4 years ago
you did what every girl has wanted to do , you really put the kick and ball into kickball
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#2
The first sexism I experienced was my mom and grandma telling me: "If you act and look like that no man will want you. If you don't learn how to cook or clean, how will you take care of your husband and kids?" Well, I decided to dress how I like, look like I want, and never care what men that I don't even know had to say to me. I will be who I am and the right person will like me for just that.
Final score:
40points
YoChicken 4 years ago
YES. MY MOM TELLS ME THIS ALL THE TIME. Most of the time, while this is going on, I'm zoning her out so hard..
gellert gridlewald 3 years ago
I know this will get downvoted but, my mom lets me be who I want to be. thankfully! and I will punch anyone who hurts her!
#3
My (female) teacher saying that I couldn't become an archaeologist because "digging in the dirt like an animal is something that only boys are worthy of doing" and "pretty little princesses" should do something more "worthwhile" like working with kids in nurseries. I'm an archaeologist, go figure.
Final score:
40points
GaeFrog 4 years ago
I commented this when it was a lot lower on list dont come at me when it's higher pls lol
Load More Replies... Jessica Shookhoff 4 years ago
Ugh. I find it so gross that she told you that! And I also congrats you on becoming an archaeologist. That kicks ass!!!
Jods 4 years ago
How the hell did she get to teach archaeology without the experience of digging like an animal in the dirt?
juice 4 years ago
i think it was an elementary school teacher, not an archaeology teacher
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When I was about 7, I decided to try out for baseball. I spent about half an hour with my dad in the registration office, trying to explain I wanted to sign up for baseball, not softball. It was co-ed, not boys, and softball was co-ed too. Eventually, we just gave up and I did baseball at a different, more inclusive place. But I'll never forget that.
Final score:
33points
Just a Friendly Panda 4 years ago
I don’t really have anything to add to your comment, but I’m a huge fan of Thomas Sanders too, and SandersSides. How do you think they’re going to resolve all of the freaking angst? Did you hear about what Quil did to the animators for FWSA (the second asides)? Also, what are your favorite ships? Mine are Prinxiety, Logicality, and Dukexiet (I feel like I spelt that wrong, lol.) Also do you read any fan fictions? My favorite one just got deleted. I read 63-ish chapters and now I can’t find it anywhere. They were so close to resolving some of the angst too :(
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A_fangirling_Demigod_witch 3 years ago
wait what is the difference between softball and baseball?
#5
It's difficult to recall the first time, but I remember the time when my breasts just started growing, there was almost nothing there. Boys in my neighborhood surrounded me one day pointing at my mini breasts and laughed their bums off because they could see the contours through my T-shirt. I felt very embarrassed as if something was wrong with me and that I should hide my body.
Final score:
31points
HooowlAtTheMoon 4 years ago
That is incredibly inappropriate of them. Nothing is wrong with you.
Deceased Nemo 4 years ago
boys are stupid anyways, they should understand that breasts dont just pop up overnight
Amalie Plougmann 4 years ago
Aw I feel so sad. I'm a little bit scared because I'm growing a chest as well, wish me luck on this journey!
Xylle Flora 4 years ago
I have a bit of advice: if you haven't gotten a bra yet and are going outside and you want to hide them you might want to wear looser clothes. Just a bit of advice, you don't have to take it
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RaroaRaroa 4 years ago
Is this sexism though? It's absolutely wrong and bullying, but I feel they'd have done the same to a boy with any body part that caught their attention.
Lucy Skinner 4 years ago
I usually wear a sports bra a couple sizes small because when I don’t boys stare so much
#6
In primary school grade 5, I was fed up with other children annoying me so I cried. A girl, then decided to tell me that men don't cry. Even then, that really pissed me off.
Final score:
29points
Jessica Shookhoff 4 years ago
You mean... men are human beings... with emotions that sometimes come out of their eyes, just like women?!? Why, it's almost like we belong to the same species! I just can't understand why people do this to boys and men. It's so cruel. I'm glad you're ok with crying cause we all have to sometimes!
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Husky (Submission author) 4 years ago
ha ha pee pee poo poo guys somehow a colour is homosexual
Armstrong mcKay 4 years ago
I had a friend named Ryan and he cried and GOOD THING no one as judgmental
#7
The first time something happened that actually registered as not just "that's mean" but "wait, that's sexist" was when I was on an academic quiz-bowl type team in high school. The coach would ALWAYS introduce the guys enthusiastically along with their specialties, like "There's Bob, he's our science guy. He knows everything about biology, chemistry, you name it. We can always count on Bob for the science questions!" And then he'd get to me, the only girl and also the team's math leader, and be like, "And this is A.M." very flatly. My dad noticed it and got mad about it long before I did - I didn't want to believe that was the reason until I noticed when a guy buzzed in and got it wrong he'd still smile and clap and say "Don't worry! You'll get it next time! Keep it up!" and if I did it he'd always get angry and say "For the love of... why are you buzzing in if you don't know the answer?! Just sit there and keep quiet if you don't know it!!!" And that's when I quit.
Final score:
29points
Mari Sol Villa 4 years ago
Sorry to hear you ended up quitting. I’d do the same since that teacher/coach sounds like the ridiculously shameless male chauvinist he is. It is a special kind of small minded man or woman who can survive in academia & still blatantly discriminate based on sex, especially when it’s done in public among families and other teachers. He could use that swift kick to the balls like the girl from the kickball team did to the boy who tried to tell her “girls don’t play sports”
#8
I was sleeping in class and when I woke up the boy next to me said “hey sleeping in class in only for boys” one year later I started getting my breasts and THE SAME BOY said “hey- want to go out? 0.1 seconds later he’s at the nurse with a broken nose 😎😅
Final score:
29points
~*Zodiac lover~* 4 years ago
Oof people switch just like that just messed up you should like someone for their personality not the way they look dress or their body NO their personality people are messed up
#9
When I didn't grow my chest as fast as all the other girls. I also didn't get my period "on time". Also when I cut off my long hair, I didn't look "girly" enough. Now i identify as non-binary and refuse to let people tell me what is expected of me because I'm a "girl".
Final score:
26points
Aj Grimes (they/it/she/he) 4 years ago (edited)
Dang, we have so much in common breasts not growing fast, late periods, short hair, and being non-binary. My gender also gets assumed by random people on the street. They think I'm a girl. Like one time I was playing at this place with the band at church and two different ladies said "good jobs guys," and then they pointed at me and said, "and girl." I was so mad at them.
kennie 4 years ago (edited)
They were just trying to be inclusive. The LGBTQ+ community is still fairly new to some generations and sheltered people. Don't get angry at people trying their best.
Load More Replies... HooowlAtTheMoon 4 years ago
Wow I'm very sorry. People tell me I dont act girly enough (I look very feminine though) and they all joke about how im probably gay. Jokes on them, I am.
#10
A boy told me I swam like a girl but I was prepared for this so I replied "If you swam a little faster you would too. PS when we got time he was actually slower than me.
Final score:
25points
Deceased Nemo 4 years ago
omg I hate hate hate it when anyone says "you ______ like a girl" it annoys the living frick out of me
#11
This happened when I was 10... I slept in my class because I was very tired. I used to being bullied at past. When I sleep, the contour of the bra strap is really...visible :< The girls who bullied me pulled on the bra strap and I woke with blush on my face. "Mirai the busty girl...now you wear bra?" "Hey, this deaf kid wears bra! So gross, yucky!" They touched on my breasts too... And i slapped them and ran in tears :v
Final score:
23points
YoChicken 4 years ago
I hate it that when you're younger, people hate you wearing a bra, and when you're older, people are like you're so flat-chested. Like, we can't help the way our body develops! And it is not going to develop according to society's standards so...F**k off
sTeALtHy 4 years ago
EXACTLY like I'm sorry my tits didn't grow "correctly"
Load More Replies... Aj Grimes (they/it/she/he) 4 years ago
When I was 8 or 9 I started wearing bras and these girls at summer camp made fun of me bc I had small breasts and I was wearing one before any of them.
Iapetos 4 years ago
Hey, you slapped them. There's SOMETHING good in that story! Also, f**k those bastards! With a chair! In the face!
Xylle Flora 4 years ago
Ah yes, doing something that's completely normal and out of your control is yucky. Wtf has our world come to?
#12
"Can I have some strong boys to carry this?" "Well, why can't I carry it?" "Because boys are just stronger than girls." An actual conversation I had with my teacher.
Final score:
21points
MiRaE World 4 years ago
the most annoying ever sentence: "bOyS ArE sTRonGer tHan giRLs." show that you are strong!
Dark Pearl 4 years ago
Yes, by grabbing 10 chairs per limb and smashing yourself through a brick wall shouting 'HULK SMASH'
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soniacccccccccc 4 years ago
THIS IS LITERALLY A CONVERSATION THAT HAPPENS DAILY IN ALL SCHOOLS WHERE I LIVE
Joshua Nowell 4 years ago
the next time i hear something sexist, that person is getting a slap in the face from me
Donkey boi 4 years ago
I remember being very young, I would often see my dad doing jobs about the house and think he was strong, but when I saw mum carrying the weekly supermarket shop by herself... 'I hope I'm going to be as strong as mummy when I grow-up'.
Aj Grimes (they/it/she/he) 4 years ago
Bruh I'm stronger than some of the boys at my church. And my mom always makes the boys lift the heavy things and she says "girls can't lift these they are too heavy." The little boys always struggle to lift those heavy things.
Armstrong mcKay 4 years ago (edited)
One girl in my class was so strong that the teacher AND nurses said she needed to stop hugging us EDIT: this was in kindergarten
Paul Budhram 4 years ago
though, boys GENERALLY are stronger (in, well, strength), the younger you are the less difference there actually is. This is NOT to say they are stronger, but you should really murder the teacher
Commander Rex 4 years ago
Yeah, men and women are built in different ways, men just happen to have the stronger one, but women can be stronger then men.
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Bubbles 4 years ago
bruh i did a week of gymnastics camp and now i can beat any boy in a fight. I also do competitive club soccer, and my legs are super strong, my kicks can go a whole soccer field length, also i play tennis which helps my arms get stronger, and finally ik what self defense is and i will beat any boy if they tease me, ect.
#13
I remember that in my school, in the early grades, boys always hanged out with boys, and girls with girls. Classmates always mocked those that didn't abide by these unwritten rules
Final score:
19points
HooowlAtTheMoon 4 years ago
I love being gay because my parents would be suspicious and monitor every conversation i ever had with a boy on my phone, and never find anything signifying I was in a relationship with them or liked them at all. They never suspected the girls hahaa
Bow, I’m a Slytherin 4 years ago
This is officially my favourite comment I’ve ever seen, on any website.
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KiwiBubbles 4 years ago
LOL I was friends with a boy through most of elementary school (I'm a girl) and we'd always get made fun of or weird looks. I remember one specific time where a kid noticed us sitting at lunch together and, after giving us confused glances for a bit, asked "Are you brother and sister?" "No." (we both said at the same time.) "............ Dating?" "No." "............... oh" Went back to his lunch with apparent bafflement.
Deceased Nemo 4 years ago
Ha 5th grade the only ppl I hung out with was guys bc they were the only ppl that played man-on-woodchips
Amalie Plougmann 4 years ago
I remember in 2nd grade I was friends with this guy called Hudson. He was nice and we were friends ofc and he was so much fun to hang out with. Super energetic and enthusiastic! And then this girl... I'll cal her "Patricia", would push our faces two inches away and say "KiSsY kiSsy KisSy" SO ANNOYING!!
gellert gridlewald 3 years ago
so.. let me get this straight? If I hang out with the people who play four square I will be mocked, or hang out with my BROTHER, or hang out with the boy who has violin class with me? shoot the world is messed up!
#14
6th grade bra strap snapped daily until back bled principal boys will be boys. 7th boy touched my thigh in math class I told him to stop teacher gave me detention.
Final score:
19points
Cooper 4 years ago
“Boys will be boys” no, how about we teach people to be respectful of other people(not just the boys, but everyone)
Iapetos 4 years ago
Ma'am, I want to run your principal and teacher over with a motorcycle repeatedly. And shout "BIKERS WILL BE BIKERS" when they complain.
Jackie Swenson 4 years ago
MY MOM AND DAD WOULD HATE THAT BECAUSE THEY HATE BOY AND GIRLS TOUCHING ME BECAUSE A BOY SEXUALLY ASSAULTED ME WHEN I WAS 7 AND TWO GIRLS HAVE MADE MY DO DIRTY THINGS WHEN I WAS 10
Explicitly sick (Submission author) 4 years ago
Bra straps snapped over and over all day
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Apex Bot 4 years ago
i am very sorry that just sound bad and us male are very stupid like really i hope people get smarter and stop that
Explicitly sick (Submission author) 4 years ago
I have also been very lucky to have a bunch of great kind empathetic men in my life now
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When I was younger I always liked colors that were labeled as “masculine”. Like orange, blue, red. Whenever I went to the dentist you would get a balloon. I would ask for a blue or red balloon. The nurses would always say, “Don’t you want a punk or purple balloon, sweetie?” My mom would yell at them and say “Let the kid have what she wants. Now I am a very girly girl who’s favorite color is still blue.
Final score:
18points
Commander Rex 4 years ago
I heard it’s a bad influence on young children, and makes them want to wear spiked jackets and jeans, what is the world coming too?!?!?????!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! -Facebook moms
Load More Replies... Jods 4 years ago
Got home one day and my mum told me she’d had a new carpet fitted in my bedroom. She followed me upstairs to see what my reaction would be. If she was expecting a really grateful response she was sadly mistaken. All I could do was shout “But it’s PINK!” and sulk for the next 20-odd years. She knows VERY well that I hate pink.
A very angy gay 4 years ago
ok but like red is stronk color, and pink is just light red so piNK IS STRONK COLOR
Freya the Wanderer 4 years ago
Decades ago, pink was for boys and blue for girls.
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Bubbles 4 years ago
Bruh like Why the f*ck is there such thing as gender nutural colors. I like yellow i hate pink i am girl
Bubbles 4 years ago
Sorry i did not know what gender nutural meant until i asked my mom what i meant to say is.... Why is there colors for boys and girls like WTF
Load More Replies... Deceased Nemo 4 years ago
my fav color green which is a color ppl don't really think of as a girly color or boyish color
Dark Pearl 4 years ago
I think of it as a dreamy color... (Sorry for the nonsensical reference)
Load More Replies... Xylle Flora 4 years ago
My favorite colors in order: purple, yellow, red, green, blue, orange, pink. I hate pink, and the reason I like purple is because it's such a nice color, not because it's "girly"
#16
At McDonald's with my best friend when I was 5 or so and our moms both got us happy meals....he and his brothers all got hot wheels, I got a mini barbie... no one asked me...I was so upset that I walked up to the counter and asked for a hot wheel instead. They told me no! So I explained to my mom that I wanted to play with friend and his brothers; she got it straightened out for my five year old self...... little did I know this was just the beginning
Final score:
18points
Amalie Plougmann 4 years ago
So sad :( hot wheels so much better! LIKE HOW DO YOU PLAY WITH ONE BARBIE BY ITSELF!?
Xylle Flora 4 years ago
I'd just fiddle with it for five seconds then yeet it through a window
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QueerTheory 4 years ago
So I support my studies and myself by working part time at McDonalds. There are people who/their kids specifically know which toy they want. But there are other adults who just come and order a happy meal, (sometimes they are asking someone on the phone about what to get from McD) and ask me to pack any random toy but for a GIRL or vice versa. I either tell them its the same toys for boys and girls (which actually happens but rarely), or I just pack the opposite toy of the gender they asked for. I dont know if I am acting as an asshole here, but I feel like if they are not sure, it wont hurt them if I do this.
#17
When I was in 4th grade, I wanted to play the trumpet. My dad didn’t really want me to. He knew I would be awful, and it would be suuupppppeeerrrrrrr loud. When I asked why he didn’t want me to play trumpet, his excuse was “it’s a boys instrument”. I swear, he isn’t a sexist person, it was just a dumb excuse that he probably regrets. Anyways, I still played, and it was awful. I was terrible. And, I was literally so bad that the band teachers told me not to ACTUALLY play in the concert but to just pretend. Oh well
Final score:
17points
Sista of the moon (Submission author) 4 years ago
Aw it’s ok. I was really bad.
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Kim Kermes 4 years ago
I got a lot of crap from boys for being a girl playing trumpet. Especially as I was better than most of them. I played in Army bands for 10 years.
HooowlAtTheMoon 4 years ago
That last part sounds like my theatre experience in elementary school. The director of the play told me to stand in the back alone because I wasn't good at acting. Wish I could go and tell past me how to be confident and stand up to her.
Sista of the moon (Submission author) 4 years ago
:0 i wish you could’ve too.
Load More Replies... Jackie Swenson 4 years ago
My grandpa got me an electric guitar when I was 3 and I am a girl Btw and I also got a BB gun when I was 4.
Sista of the moon (Submission author) 4 years ago
Niceeeeeee. I want a guitar lol
Load More Replies... Paul Budhram 4 years ago
i do tuba and i'm the only one... I started this year and now I'm stuck with a really watery instrument lol
Sista of the moon (Submission author) 4 years ago
Omg it was my least favorite thing ever to empty the spit valve
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#18
I started puberty quite early. By the time I was in 5th grade, I wore C cups. The boys in my class were ALWAYS looking at my boobs. Because of that, I started to hide in oversized hoodies. I also used to wear low-rise jeans a lot because I thought they were comfortable. Kid undies are ALWAYS super bright and colorful, so whenever my shirt didn't cover the tops of them, boys would stare and make inappropriate comments.
Final score:
17points
Aj Grimes (they/it/she/he) 4 years ago
Damn, some people actually stare at my thighs, and it makes me so uncomfortable.
HooowlAtTheMoon 4 years ago
Wear what makes you comfortable. I am very insecure about my body shape so I wear very large hoodies and sweatpants most of the time. Everyone tells me I look fine and that I should wear tighter clothes, but I literally can not bring myself to. And I'm fine with that. I'm comfortable in baggy clothes, and you should be comfortable in whatever you wear.
#19
I am just getting to the age where women start to be sexualized more. I remember the first time I got catcalled, I was walking down the street to my house, and this car drove by and honked at me. It startled me, and I was too scared to talk about it. Since then I have been catcalled a few other times. I also have been stared at a lot by men, who will immediately look away the moment I notice them staring. Also, one time me and my friend were on a walk, and a man started to follow us, until we ran into this random person's yard who was working on their porch. This is disgusting, I am 14. I am a child, and plenty of people have it worse than I do.
Final score:
17points
QueerTheory 4 years ago
I am glad that kids these days have more information than we used to have. Also to the OP, well done I am so proud of you...
Deceased Nemo 4 years ago
I was around 11 and my friend and I were riding our bikes to her house in our swimsuits we both had bikini's on and it was my first bikini we rode past a group of boys that looked to be quite a few years older than us and they said something that ran along the lines of catcalling, I don't feel comfortable wearing bikini's now
#20
Any office job I've had. When a man is interviewing an attractive woman, but the other applicants are more than capable, guess who gets the job? Every time. EVERY TIME.
Final score:
16points
Martin Kaine 4 years ago (edited)
That's why I dress as an attractive woman for every job interview. But its so hard to put foundation over my beard.
#21
Paying higher rate for car insurance just because I am a *Male under 25*.
Final score:
16points
Jods 4 years ago
I don’t know why you got down-voted for this. Unfortunately, It’s all due to statistics. It isn’t right to say that all males under 25 are likely to have or cause accidents. It’s the same with older men. My dad, 84, has a very low insurance premium. But I don’t feel safe if he’s driving and often want to contact the DVLA anonymously to get them to take his licence away.
#22
idk if this is really sexist or not but I am a girl with EXTREMELY short hair and I really kinda look like a boy so people often mistake me for one. its pretty fun most of the time but it gets rlly awkward when people ask me " why are you wearing earrings? you're a boy not a girl so take them off rn"
Final score:
15points
Aj Grimes (they/it/she/he) 4 years ago
Actually one time a had really short hair, and I went to the bathroom and this girl yelled at me bc I looked like a boy.
Person #1,051 4 years ago
In 2nd grade, I had Two older girls say "Let the little boy go down first" on the slide, I was SO mad inside.
Juniper 4 years ago
This reminds me of an encounter I had with a little kid once (I'm genderfluid and prefer to wear my hair short) on a playground. Lil boy walks up to me (was currently using she/her pronouns + wearing a dress and pink shirt) and is like "Are you a boy?" I said no. Looking back I feel like I should have said "Some days. People have the right to be any gender they want" or something along those lines. It was just a really surreal experience.
Jods 4 years ago
I don’t think it’s just due to hair. I’ve always been called a boy, shoulder length or buzz cut. Eight years ago whilst having a crafty last cigarette before going in for an operation, an older man started to talk to me about the old mill opposite beginning the conversation with “Now then sonny .....”. Minutes later thanked him for the history lesson, which I already knew, and let him know that I was actually a female.
MERMONKEY34 4 years ago
I am a girl with a shaved head, and my face is not... Super femme... and in like 6th grade I was walking down the halls with one of my best friends, and a teacher came by and said, ¨Ok boys, not so much talking in the halls, other boys are trying to learn." (OUR SCHOOL HAD ALL GENDERS!) and my best friend started laughing because he knew I would go crazy on her, (this happed quite a lot) and you bet I whipped around and told her off in front of the whole class, and we got into and argument about it, and she kept saying ¨YOU LOOK LIKE A BOY! GIRLS SHOULD NOT DRESS AS A BOY!¨ I.... I only had short hair, and I was just wearing rainbow leggings and a black shirt! Well, she got fired. even tho that was like 5 years ago I still remember it clear as day.
Jackie Swenson 4 years ago
that is stupid I did not get my ears pierced until I was eleven everyone that I was not close to wanted my ears pierced but my mom said that I hate needles. SO BIG FAT NO.
Katherine Tarantino 4 years ago
my friend ( male) used to have long hair. Like, a bob.He looked SO F****N CUTE but people put his high voice and long hair together to think he was a girl.he was like seven and cut his hair.HE LOOKS SO GOOD NOW, TOO!
#23
My mom gets mad at me when I wear a tie and pants with my uniform for Sunday at or church. She says "women have to wear skirts and pantyhose at church." Literally that bitch wears pants with her uniform when it is not Sunday.
Final score:
15points
Jackie Swenson 4 years ago
When I was 7 I refused to where pants so my mom forced me "because I was a grown lady"
Jods 4 years ago
When I got my first job my mum insisted I would have to wear skirts and dresses because it was what everyone else would be wearing. Women in skirts/dresses, men in suits and ties. Reluctantly bought some, turned up at work, and all the others (all women) were wearing whatever they fancied wearing. Twenty-five years later I was wearing nothing but trousers and jeans at work.
Aj Grimes (they/it/she/he) (Submission author) 4 years ago
I like ur profile pic. I also love learning about zodiacs too.
Load More Replies... #24
Birth. Parents really wanted a boy. Apparently they thought I was going to be a boy until I was born. (IDK how, it was early 70s so I guess the tech was not that good or I was to stubborn to allow a good view.) I got the female version of the name I would have received if I had been a boy. My alcoholic father left when I was 2. My mother later told me he left and went back to his ex-wife and his son. I don't know for certain if that is true, but I do know I did not see him again until I was 7...a few months after by brother was born.
Final score:
14points
Armstrong mcKay 4 years ago
Is abuse is encouraged by him: get a tazer, call me, let me kill him
Xylle Flora 4 years ago
In science class my teacher told us that before, because of the birth control thing in China, if you had a girl that only counted as half a child so you could try again for a boy, because apparently girls are half a person 😑
Jackie Swenson 4 years ago
My mom and dad wanted a baby girl born on NOV 24 I was born on NOV 26 but It was close
#25
Well I experienced sexism a lot in elementary school but just things like boys saying they are better than girls and stuff but the biggest one was when I wanted to get a suit for my grandma’s funeral instead of a dress but my dad said something lime I can’t because a girl wearing a suit can’t be taken seriously
Final score:
14points
ℜ𝔬𝔟𝔢𝔯𝔱 ℭ𝔞𝔱𝔱𝔢 4 years ago
Here you go! file:///C:/Users/stanz/Downloads/largedictionary.pdf
Load More Replies... Lit Present Mic (Anime SImp) 4 years ago
:( you should be able to wear what you want , i wear ties and boys dress shirts to nice events all the time , even on christmas
Deceased Nemo 4 years ago
I beat so many guys in a arm wrestling contest one of them actually chickened out as to not hurt his ego
~*Zodiac lover~* 4 years ago
Oof once I asked my mom at my funeral can I wear a suit she sed no I’m like I ain’t wearing a dress lol
Ginny Weasley 4 years ago
frick i hate dresses i would wear a suit or a - comon help me what else is formal thats not a dress-
#26
One time when me and my family were having dumplings (I LOVE DUMPLINGS!) and my grandma gave my little bro way more than me and I asked why. She said "Aaron is a boy and he needs to grow big and strong to protect you" Yep.
Final score:
14points
Bakugo Katsuki 4 years ago
Tbh, ngl,I kinda find the ending cute but the beginning very offensive like give me mah dumplings grandma, that's the only reason i'm here
Sophia Atkinson 4 years ago
bleagh, one time a woman took my lunch that i was eating with my little cousin (I was babysitting him and this was a random woman at a restaurant) and for quick background info we were at subway, anyway so while i was about to the other half of my sandwich when she snatches it out my hands and gives it to him. Now my little cousin got his tiny sandwich for a reason tiny sandwich=full stomach and the lady had the nerve to say i was starving him for not giving him a 12 inch like mine. i asked the lady why this was important and she said well he needs to protect you from boys. and even though the lady got kicked out for doing so and the subway people made me a another sandwich on the house, we don´t go there any more. oh and did i mention my little cousin was 4.
Lit Present Mic (Anime SImp) 4 years ago
my neighbor is like 2 years younger than his sister and he goes everywhere with her saying , if i don't protect her who will , like bro she can protect herself
#27
When I was in 6th grade, a kid that sat next to me in art class accidentally misgendered me as a girl (I'm a boy with long hair, so it comes up a lot). I perceived it as an accident and kindly corrected him. but he INSISTED that I was a girl because I had long hair. He said some other pretty sexist things, and he was told that if it came up again he would be sent to the principles office. Later that week, in the P.E. locker room, he ACTUALLY ASKED WHY I WAS THERE! I was about ready to slap him, but I just pulled off his hood instead (idk why). He said "Why'd you do that!?!? You doing that is like me ripping off your hair!" Long story short, he's a sexist idiot.
Final score:
14points
#28
*Notes: My little bro was 2 and we were riding in a car* So I was like 5 years old and my friend was over and we were talking about (female) police officers.We asked him if HE liked that women were ALSO saving the world along with men, just like in ZooTopia.He and his little sexist ass said "Girls can't BE police! That's a BOY'S job. Girls stay home and babysit." WELL S**T.
Final score:
13points
Freya the Wanderer 4 years ago
I hope your friend outgrew his male chauvinism. I know a few lady constables who could cure him if he hasn't.
ℜ𝔬𝔟𝔢𝔯𝔱 ℭ𝔞𝔱𝔱𝔢 4 years ago
https://www.google.com/search?q=how+to+cure+meat&newwindow=1&safe=active&sxsrf=ALeKk009xcED2PhiUV8yxJhga_lr-cwCBA%3A1616703927576&ei=t_FcYIDYIvODwbkPlKuy8Ac&oq=how+to+cure+meat&gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAMyAggAMgIIADICCAAyAggAMgIIADICCAAyAggAMgIIADICCAAyAggAOgcIABBHELADUMUTWNYWYMEXaAFwAngAgAGZAYgBpwSSAQMwLjSYAQCgAQGqAQdnd3Mtd2l6yAEIwAEB&sclient=gws-wiz&ved=0ahUKEwjAj726o8zvAhXzQTABHZSVDH4Q4dUDCA0&uact=5
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Katherine Tarantino (Submission author) 4 years ago
note, it was my brother who made the sexist remark, not my friend.
#29
I used to work at my local airport and would chat with the crew that came through. One older pilot knew I was in school and one day I told him I was close to graduating and he immediately says, "now it's time to get married and start having babies." Nope. That is not my calling in life!
Final score:
13points
Dianethe Dinosaur 4 years ago
Unfortunately, you can get stretch marks without getting pregnant.
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Xylle Flora 4 years ago
I remember my older sister told me both of us should just not have children (I had told her I didn't want any, anyway) and then when people asked we could say, "My bloodline ends with me." I was on board with that but then my mom said that we'd change our minds. Nope.
Aroace tiger 4 years ago
No no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no. I don't wanna get married. I don't wanna have kids. If someone said this to me I'd be pissed
Deceased Nemo 4 years ago
If my wife want kids she can carry them unless she can't due to medical problems that is the only reason as to why I will carry children
#30
When I was three I told my friend I wanted to be a doctor, and he said “you can’t be a doctor, you’re a girl.” And I was like “ so my doctor isn’t really a girl?” He was like ????. Then I told a teacher what happened.
Final score:
13points
ℜ𝔬𝔟𝔢𝔯𝔱 ℭ𝔞𝔱𝔱𝔢 4 years ago
You'd have to break a world record to do that. Not very likeyly. https://www.kansashealthcarecareers.com/10-youngest-doctors-in-the-world/
Just a Friendly Panda 4 years ago
I think you may have misinterpreted something...
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***might be triggering. just a warning*** I was 6, I was with my sisters at a school playground. Because it was in the off hours, there was no adult supervision on the playground. There was a lot of kids on the playground that day. I was on one end of the playground when I saw one of my neighbors, a boy 3 years older than I was, push a girl in the middle of the playground off her rollerblades. Like a flock of vultures a group of about 5 boys closed in on her. They went near to her, then scurried away. If she tried to get up, they pushed her down again. One of them, I'm not sure which, pulled down her pants. It was a cold day, so she was wearing thermal underwear, thankfully. My sisters, only slightly older than I was, told me not to get involved. I knew I was seeing something bad happening and no one else was stepping forward to stop it. Though I was 6, I was big for my age, but I felt intimidated, literally stepping in between the group of boys and the girl in what must have looked like a perverse game of keep-away. The boys, once encountering resistance, began to leave the playground. I remember somewhat of the conversation I had with the girl. She was crying, and I was telling her she should probably go home because "those boys might be back." I knew she was alone, scared, and vulnerable. She was too shaken to rollerblade, and she had no other footwear. It took some cajoling to get my sisters to come with me and the girl to go find the girl's brother, who apparently was in the vicinity biking with his friends. It took a while to find him, and I didn't see that girl for years. Looking back, I'd say this was the first real encounter with sexism and sexual assault, because that group of boys saw her as prey and not as a fellow playmate.
Final score:
13points
Jackie Swenson 4 years ago
I would bring a knife and attack those boys and yell there trying to rape her
Truth Monster (Submission author) 4 years ago
I didn't know then it was sexual assault. I just knew it was wrong and no one else was trying to put a stop to it. I was terrified to get into trouble because my mother had told us not to leave the playground and so I didn't even tell my parents. It wasn't until the police came around asking about one of the boys having a realistic toy gun and pointing it at people that my parents learned of it.
Load More Replies... Iapetos 4 years ago
I don't care that they are kids, I want to crush their heads and cut off every of their protruding body parts with a very dull unwashed knife.
Commander Rex 4 years ago
Mainly children, children are impulsive, so are a lot of men, but most actually are mature.
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One day I realized that I would go from being a girl to being a woman.... I became overwhelmingly afraid and angry because as far as I could tell this meant I would not have a voice. I wouldn't have a choice or a chance to "be whatever I wanted to be when I grew up" because I saw what women were forced to do..... it appeared I was going to be doomed to house work, child rearing and always playing 2nd (or 3rd) fiddle to men. I cannot pin down one thing that led me to this point, it was just everything around me, socially, culturally, regionally... it was really traumatic.
Final score:
12points
A C (Submission author) 4 years ago
Thank you. I cried tears of hope when I watched the camera pan to little girls watching Kamala Harris give her speech... hope that maybe things will be different for others.
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In high school, my boyfriend and I went to apply for our first jobs together. We applied at the same place, for the same job, with the same experience level. We both got hired but I was paid minimum wage, which was $5.15 at the time. He got paid $8.00. It was a seasonal job to work through Christmas. When that time was up, they let my boyfriend go but asked me to stay on because of the hard work I gave. They never offered a raise, or gave one when I asked. I worked there for a year until the new manager harassed me one night when we were closing together. He was following me around the store while I was putting away returns, making really gross comments about me...both sexist comments and sexual comments. I didn't feel comfortable anymore being alone with him so I called my mom to pick me up and I left. The store was closed, all that was left to do was sweep, mop, and count the money. I got fired the next day because they said leaving was the same as quitting....I didn't feel safe enough to tell them my reason. That was almost 2 decades ago and I'm still bitter about it lol
Final score:
12points
SushiPanda 4 years ago
It is sad that this issue still happens today. I am happy that you are ok :). Also.....Happy Women's History Month!
#34
in 5th grade I decided to were a fancy and pretty bra to school because..logic...my breast grew faster than others so I needed it. but in school, the ¨poppular¨ girls asked if I had stuffed tissues in my shirt and I said no, they laughed at me then walked away. I felt so insider and since then I have only worn sports bras and I always felt that my breasts were too big, that still is my biggest insecurity.
Final score:
11points
Burnerz 4 years ago
Don't feel bad because other people laugh because of who you are Asy, they only do that so they can make themselves feel better, k?
Amalie Plougmann 4 years ago
Aw that's so sad. I hear from my family that my "chest" will get big soon. I'm noticing some strange things around... "that" area too. I really don't want very large breasts because then HOW THE HELL AM I SUPPOSED TO WEAR A ZIP UP JACKET, HUH?!?! I'm kind of scared if I'm going to have similar experiences to some of the other people here :(
~*Zodiac lover~* 4 years ago
Don’t worry about it I’m what you call a observant I always figure out peoples personality and to be honest I learned how to block out any noise if they are infront talking to me just ignore people like them its normal that’s all people do they are just mad they aren’t like you
Joshua Nowell 4 years ago
I DINT MEAN TO POST THAT IM SO SORRY THAT WAS FOR A DIFFERENT POST
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My mom told me not to rough house with my brother because “he would grow up to be stronger than me.” 🤮
Final score:
11points
Commander Rex 4 years ago (edited)
In my book, experience outranks everything lol
Load More Replies... Jackie Swenson 4 years ago
My mom 5.5 feet 110 pounds was the boss of lots of people in the army when she was 26 so WTF
Deceased Nemo 4 years ago
oh god when I would rough house with my brothers they would always get hurt
#36
Probably when I was about seven or eight years old my dad wouldn’t let me help him fix the car when he was teaching my older two brothers (1 yr & 5 yrs older) which parts went where and what they were for but mostly standing around watching or grabbing the socket wrench. I felt left out much of the time since my dad was always working around the house, fixing things or building things. Mainly growing up with brothers, and lots of neighborhood kids, mostly boys, made it clear that if you wanted to hang you had to keep up. This was when I heard much of the sexist messaging of that generation. “You’re a girl. You can’t play football.” All of a sudden was I not allowed to play at school with the same kids I played with outside of school. “You throw pretty good for a girl.” This is around 1978-1988 give or take. And when I got into my teen years before driving I was allowed to ride my bike with friends around town about 5 mile radius or so, not far and always residential neighborhoods. Carpenters, roofers, grown-ass-men would whistle at me or the bunch of us kids from above as I peddled on past. This was always surprising since I never saw it coming. Obviously, I didn’t know what they were doing until I got older and able to go places farther from home and saw movies PG-13 that were not always construction sites and the girls were women. I was sheltered in that way- NOT prepared for that kind of sexual harassment but prepared NOT to be afraid either. Most predators look like the people you grew up with. All facts and opinions are my own. ~Marya Keeth M.S. M.A.
Final score:
11points
Lit Present Mic (Anime SImp) 4 years ago
same , but i had to teach my self basic first aid because i was always getting hurt and sometimes i was to embrassed to tell people i got hurt
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Being told at a school’s career day that I should be a teacher or a nurse and not try to find out about how to get into the stunt industry.
Final score:
10points
Galactik 4 years ago
god damn it why don't people understand? You can be whatever you want to be if you're motivated enough.
and_a_touch_of_the_’tism 2 years ago
Not true. I am very motivated to be a platypus, and yet I am still not one /j
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I have been told from a young age that "your kids will be so nice" or that "you'll be a great mom" and ever since i've been told how babies were made I've been ace and have no plans on ever having children. I still get comments on about "my future kids" and it annoys me so much, I've expressed my not wanting children my whole life, also I'm still in middle school, so why are you already talking about me having kids/getting married and starting a family
Final score:
10points
Sista of the moon 4 years ago
Hah...cant relate. All I want in life is to marry and have kids lol
HooowlAtTheMoon (Submission author) 4 years ago
Haha if thats what'll make you happy go for it
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asexual avocado 4 years ago
THIS, I'm always being told I'm going to want kids at somepoint because I'm a girl and am somehow obligated to birth a child. Um nope. This is just my opinion but I find sex repulsive and gross, so don't expect any children other than cats in my future thank you very much.
HooowlAtTheMoon (Submission author) 4 years ago
Yes I agree, everyones telling me "you'll change your mind when you're older", and yes I find sex disgusting aswell, and again yes, I'll have my animals instead of children.
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Xylle Flora 4 years ago (edited)
One time my parents were reading the horoscopes we got when we were born. One line in mine was discussing what my future husband and kids would be like, and we laughed because I am an aromantic asexual and it's very unlikely I'll ever have a partner or kids.
Ginny Weasley 4 years ago
eh i want kids but i can relate about the part where- you shouldnt have to start thinking abt life as an adult. :) and
HooowlAtTheMoon (Submission author) 4 years ago
Yeah, if kids will make you happy go for it!
Load More Replies... Commander Rex 4 years ago
Ah, adoption, such a great thing! Little tip from an adopted person, tell them that they are relatively early, if you adopt a baby, growing up like that is so much easier then being told when you’re say, 13.
Load More Replies... HooowlAtTheMoon (Submission author) 4 years ago
Yes, I'm a bit older (14) but my parents are always like "When are you gonna start making me grandchildren?" even though they have a fit when i even hug a possible romantic interest, even though theyre just my friend
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Julia King 4 years ago
I do want children, but I want to adopt, because I definitely do NOT want to birth a child the "natural" way.
HooowlAtTheMoon (Submission author) 4 years ago
Yes, if (big if) I ever had children I would definitely adopt them.
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When I was young, say around 9 or 10 when I first realized that because I was female there were certain things, rules, criterion, standards by which I was expected to conduct myself. Because I wanted to wear jeans and sneakers instead of little frilly dresses with white socks and black patent leather Mary Janes I was called a "tom boy" amongst other things. Later on in life when I had entered the work force I was a woman doing a mans job, automotive technician, I was called dyke, lezzie, just to name a few. After my first job twisting wrenches I always made a point of showing up when every I had my tool boxes dropped at a new job, to always wear make up, short shorts (weather permitting) and titty shirts to show them that #1. I was in fact very female and #2. I was very feminine. It didn't help after 40 years I still had guys quit because a woman was going to work in a stall next to them, still had the wives of said mechanics hate me BECAUSE I worked next to their husbands, still had guys hitting on me, still had guys calling me dyke, etc. Some people can't handle the supposed threat of someone of the opposite sex doing their job and possibly doing better than them....
Final score:
9points
HammerzToe (Submission author) 4 years ago
I hear ya on that! And you can look feminine and sexy and female in leggings, jeans, dress pants.... it doesn't have to be dresses or skirts. I haven't owned a dress or skirt for almost 50 years....
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#40
Two groups on dodge ball my friend was last picked because she was a girl the two group leader people were both boys chosen by the PE teacher I am I girl (I am currently bi just fyi) and I was only chosen on one team because I was good at the game
Final score:
8points
James (Submission author) 4 years ago
I was saying my friend was. It picked but I was only picked because I was good at the game
HooowlAtTheMoon 4 years ago
They said they themselves were picked, but their friend was picked last because she was a girl. The sexism happened to the friend.
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at a park I was wearing my brother's hand-me-down shorts ( I loved guy clothes since I was 6) some random guy asked me were"my clothes" I told him these were my clothes and he said "no those are boy clothes"
Final score:
8points
Hermione Granger 4 years ago
I like “boy” clothes because they have pockets. Like, only a few of my pants have pockets! What is up with that?!
Julia King 4 years ago
I LOVE POCKETS. Once, I was looking at fancy dresses to wear to a party, and I found this beautiful pink and black dress that went just a little under the knees. The best part? IT HAD POCKETS. I could fit my phone, hand, and wallet inside and still have room to spare! Best dress ever!
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Sophia Atkinson 4 years ago
when i was five i was stunned to learn how big my fathers pocket was on his pants. fun fact was folding laundry with my father not my dad. in way my dad is sort of the work from home dad since covid started and he has to do on line zoom classes
#42
When I was falsely accused of rape, everyone in the high school believed her. No additional questions were raised when she failed to actually press charges. (no it wasn't a borderline case - she instigated everything. I was just there to watch a movie. The movie was Hook.)
Final score:
7points
Commander Rex 4 years ago
Yeah, with rape, it’s always “guilty until proven innocent”, sad.
Load More Replies... Izzi 3 years ago
It's people like that, who call rape to get someone in trouble, that belittle actual victims. She hurt not only you but anyone trying to report a rape. I don't understand how someone could have such little regard for others. I'm so sorry this happened to you. She deserves jail time.
#43
in 2nd grade I was at summer camp and ONLY the girls where allowed on the high balance beam I was 9(f) at the time and was upset that the boys cant do tricks on the big beam.
Final score:
6points
#44
Hello! I used to be in Model UN when I was in high school, and there always seemed to be a power displacement between the male and the non male delegates. Not that it was intentional, but I often felt that my opinion was not as important as others. :/
Final score:
6points
#45
my grandpa is kinda sexist, and he always says, "men will always be stronger than women" "women are weak" and i get SO TICKED OFF bc i do boxing and i love it, and WOMEN ARE SO STRONG god i hate this world
Final score:
6points
Commander Rex 4 years ago
Hey uh, that’s not how strength works, sure men’s bodies are better strength wise, (for example, if I got two average people, one male and one female, and had them fight, 6/10 times at least, the man would win) but the strongest women can put up a good fight against the strongest of men.
alexx (Submission author) 4 years ago
you make a point tho- i just get ticked off at him bc he says it a lot.
Load More Replies... #46
My choir teacher was sexist (a little) towards boys (she was a woman). We girls had to sing 3 days a week, and for the other two, we had an assignment that took us 1/4 of the time. I later found out that the boys were NOT singing, but were just allowed to go on their computers.
Final score:
5points
#47
Soooooo (not my first time but) yesterday at my lunch table my friend (A boy) was asking the other boys what football team they support. When he got to me and my bff he frikin ignored us!! Also I always get told to 'sit like a lady'.
Final score:
5points
~*Zodiac lover~* 4 years ago
I sit how ever I want if people have a problem with that I don’t care
#48
This probably doesn't count but my father used to tell my brother to "take a big bite, like a man", he's not sexist or anything but still used to do that
Final score:
4points
#49
Started high school in 1977. Due to national football rules at the time girls could not play football. We had to endure such crap as country dancing if it was raining. And by country dancing, don’t mean the hoedown type, I mean the totally absurd and incomprehensible dancing done in England by the Edwardian’s, Victorian’s, etc. The only decent sport us girls got to do was hockey and this was the days of the bully off, more commonly known as ground, stick, ground, stick, ground, stick, shins. And getting whacked on the chin by Steph Woods - we were on the same team.
Final score:
4points
#50
Probably being told I can't play with my brother and his friends because I'm a girl. I was not allowed to play the sport with them but I could be the cheerleader...super boring
Final score:
4points
~*Zodiac lover~* 4 years ago
My first friend was a boy he was the kid next door my parents don’t care but when ever I go places if I have friends that are boys I get weird looks sometimes I don’t mind tho
#51
In high school the shop teacher straight up told me he couldn’t have a girl in his class because I didn’t already know how to weld.
Final score:
4points
#52
I have three brothers, one of which is older than me (and I'm the only girl), and growing up, I always looked up to him a lot. Something that always confused me though was that when we would draw pictures, my older brother would draw an army of boys dressed in green with giant bases, weapons, tanks, etc, and they would fight against the girls in pink, who he always showed being weak and stupid, and they would always get captured easily. I never really thought about too much even though it seemed wrong until I remembered it recently, and realized it was probably the first time I had ever experienced sexism. My brothers and I always did the same things and I always felt equal to them, so it was actually pretty surprising to realize that they were still sexist sometimes.
Final score:
3points
Helen Haley 4 years ago
This is offensive because it doesn't apply across the board to all men being stronger than all women. And it is based on the assumption that might makes right, or that physical strength is somehow of paramount importance.
#53
When I was 9 I was really good with on jungle gym bars. I have an older cousin who is like a brother to me, ( i know what your thinking. he was not the one to be sexist) and he would take me to the park and set mini obstacles courses for me. One day when we went, one of his ¨friends¨ was there and wanted to hang out with him. My cousin said no and that he wanted to help me with my obstacle course. The ¨friend¨ said oh she's just a little girl it will take forever hang out with with me you will have a way better time. My cousin thought this was just his ¨friend¨ teasing him and told him that he better get to be wrong. So I did the obstacle course in record time personal record wise and when I´m done my cousin hugs me and says good job. His ¨friend¨ looks at me and says, You must be trans you´re too fast for a girl to do that. My cousin says Okay that it we are going back home. ¨Friend¨ realized I am not trans (my cousin is only 2 and 1/2 years older than me) and decides it will be perfect to ask me out. I say no but he won´t stop and that when my cousin realizes what he´s doing to me and beats the crap out of him. Yeah they're not friends anymore. Sexism sucks.
Final score:
3points
#54
I am someone who is very aggressive and I love to hang out with the boys. But one day my friends were tired of me hanging out with the boys so they decided to spread a rumor that I had been a male all along and changed my gender since I was a pervert (which im not) And to my surprise everyone bashed on them and not me.
Final score:
3points
#55
Unfortunately I can’t remember the first, but I do have one I’d like to share. My grandparents came to visit and at the airport as they were leaving, and we were saying goodbye, my grandfather shook hands with my twin brother. I figured it was either a military thing because he served in Vietnam or just lack of affection because he’s never been one to really show emotion. But when he came to me, when I held out my hand to accept the handshake, he shook his head and said, “No, we don’t do that with women.” And he pulled me in for a hug. Suddenly it wasn’t so sad seeing him head off to the plane.
Final score:
3points
#56
When I was about 12 we had auditions for the annual play. About 30 boys tried out for the lead role and me. (I'm a girl). I got the part and was teased endlessly about it - at first. But when I got on stage I nailed it - didn't forget a single word and acted my butt off. The play was "The Grinch Who Stole Christmas" and I was The Grinch.
Final score:
3points
Heidi Svenson (Submission author) 4 years ago
Ok, this is a really weird synchronicity - was going through old boxes and came across this picture and just have to add it to my post above ( re: me being the Grinch at 10 yrs. old or whatever I was... pic of one of the rehearsals....ack! I had forgotten about this picture but now that I see it all those feelings of humiliation come flooding back! (Not embarrassed about being on stage at all, just never liked seeing myself in photos). Anyway..couldn't help sharing it since it came up so recently...so weird... Me-As-the-...356c39.jpg 
#57
Many may not consider this sexism but I had a Male teacher who would only let half the class leave before the rest. Most often he would let the girls out of class first. He never once let the boys out first.
Final score:
2points
depressePANcake 4 years ago
I’m a girl and whenever anyone says “girls first”, I’ll just stop until they go ahead of me. They look at me weirdly but I don’t want sexism to become the norm.
depressePANcake 4 years ago
Tomruns12, I understand that. I posted that comment to show how sexist it is when things around doors happen. It happens both ways, and in your post it was sexist 2 the boys and in my comment it was sexist to the girls.
Load More Replies... #58
I didn't know there was sexism in my life till now. But there was. I was just not aware that was the title. As a preteen, I developed seemingly overnight into a woman. I was a stand out among my peers. The older boys took abundant notice. Which caused me to retreat into my own private world. PTL, for my fear.
Final score:
2points
#59
I (around 7) wanted to play with some Transformers but was told they were for boys only.
Final score:
2points
Deceased Nemo 4 years ago
I always wanted stuff like legos and science experiments for christmas, got the legos but they were the lego friends ones while my brothers got expensive star wars ones with cool ships and they always got the science experiments I asked for
ℜ𝔬𝔟𝔢𝔯𝔱 ℭ𝔞𝔱𝔱𝔢 4 years ago
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=lego&ref=nb_sb_noss_1
Load More Replies... #60
Sorry, for posting on this twice, but can we talk a little bit about dress codes. I am lucky to attend a school district where the dress codes, are very lax, and not inforced. But I do remember from a summer camp I went to, that girls were required to wear one piece bathing suits. I didn't really think anything of it then, but know that I think about it, it is pretty clearly sexist. Boys didn't have any "special" swimsuit regulations.
Final score:
2points
~*Zodiac lover~* 4 years ago
Whenever I go swimming I wear shorts and a big t shirt because they are more comfortable I get weird looks sometimes but I dont mind
Deceased Nemo 4 years ago
I went to a summer camp and they had swimsuit regulations like this except they did have regulations for boys swimsuits (ex. no skintight ones)
#61
I was 3 and our kindergarten teacher asked us what we wanted to be when we grew up. At that point I said I wanted to be in the police force. Cue every boy in that class and most girls saying I couldn’t be a cop because I was a girl. That dream died quickly.
Final score:
2points
Sophia Atkinson 4 years ago
i once said i wanted to be an astronaut and the kids cheered but my preschool teacher said you need to be a man to do that. jokes on her because i told my mom and she told the teacher off and that teacher is not there anymore.
DangaTank 4 years ago
in my class people just start talking about the job that like it's so cool and start saying some stories
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Jackie Swenson 4 years ago
at my kindergarten there would be a lot of cheering because you said that
#62
I asked a customer if he needed help (I work at a car dealership). He looked at me with disgust, demanded a male colleague and told me to get him a coffee, since this is my job being a clerk. I'm a chief assistant, scheduler and accountant and I sure did not bring him a coffee.
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Amalie Plougmann 4 years ago
No because then he would find something to make it mean that she wants to have sex with him :/
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PLEASE READ TILL END!!! I PROMISE IT WILL BE WORTH YOUR TIME. Well my family is complicated, so I live with my stepmom and Dad. My biological mom is a drug addict and not in the picture. Because I am not my stepmom's kid, she treats me differently than her kids. My life is completely controlled by her because my Dad is ALWAYS on her side. So the beginning of this year I decided to speak up. I had always had done a lot of the chores in the house, so that was the first thing I would change. I told them how I felt about it, and my Dad left to go in the garage because my brother needed him, and my stepmom stayed. She said she isn't going to change any of the chores because it isn't my brothers' job and they are too young (they are 10 and 8, I started all of my chores at 9, a year after I moved in). She told me that it was a woman's job to clean, cook, and take care of the men in the house. I called her sexist, then she went around and told my dad that I called HIM sexist. And nothing changed. So for about two months I gave them hell; I didn't put all my effort in my chores, didn't walk their dogs for as long as they wanted, etc. A couple weeks ago I tried to move back in with my biological mom, but they said that they would really change. They said my brother could start vacuuming and stuff. So I stayed. My brother did It for a week. I now still do about everything. And they wonder why I want to move out. All of this is really hard on me. Please give me some advice on what I should do, and thanks for reading.
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Jack Centner 4 years ago
I think that you should gather your stepmom and dad (and possibly even your mom) and tell them how you were doing all of the chores and that your brothers are old enough to start working around the house. If your stepmom replies saying that girls are responsible for everything around, mention that she is acting sexist (also keep your dad in the conversation so that he doesn't wander away and she tattles on you again) and that boys should have as much hardship as girls have (when it comes to cleaning and cooking and stuff like that). Also when you are old enough, get a job. This can say to your parents that you are becoming a young woman and would like to start choosing your own responsibilities. This is coming from a boy who believes that sexism is one of the worst types of discrimination on Earth.
Lit Present Mic (Anime SImp) 4 years ago
Good on you for proving your point , you should move in with you real mom and see how they handle them selves with out you there to do all the chores , don't let them treat you like this .
Hot Babushka 4 years ago
ik it's been four months, but have a conversation with them about it, making sure both your dad and stepmom are there. if nothing changes, move out as soon as you can.
#64
When I was 8, my class teacher asked for four strong boys to carry some chairs over to a different room. Also, recently, in my video class the teacher (middle aged M) would never pick me and my friends who were the only girls raising our hands but always take the boys who had already answered like 5 questions. As if that didn’t kiss me off, he also called the two boys “his nerds” because they’d answered all the questions. I get exactly the same grade as them.
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Deceased Nemo 4 years ago
I hate it when teachers say strong boys because it always made me feel left out, some teachers do it nonchalantly because it is what is normally said, we need some teachers to say strong kids instead
Equine_Ravenclaw_Directioner (Submission author) 4 years ago
But what I really loved was when a different teacher said: "I need 3 strong boys or 1 strong girl!" :D
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Being told by my grandfather that household chores were women's work, and finding out that my grandmother who, in the 60 years she had been living in the US, had not been allowed to go swimming, because my grandfather wouldn't allow it.
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#66
As a boy, I got made fun of by girls for being super short and fat. They said "Your so short and fat no one will ever date you and my boyfriend is 5'11 and has a 6 pack and also why are you crying? boys aren't allowed to cry" yeah I know that I'm a boy and will never experience the sexism females experience. Just wanted to share
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Sophia Atkinson 4 years ago
hey, its fine. sexism happens everyone and happens to a lot more than you think and though the sexism we go through is different, we´re in this together
#67
I didn't enjoy wearing leggings as a kid and love love loved jeans (still do) and someone told me I shouldn't wear jeans because they were for boys
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#68
Now really my FIRST time, but this just ruffles my feathers. It also doesn’t really matter, compared to the rest of the encounters, but I though it would be worthwhile to note. My problems is simple: FEMALE BYLETH. Byleth is part to fire Emblem: Three Houses, and can be both male and female. You can also rename them to whatever you like. However, the Male Byleth counterpart is completely covered. You can only tell his skin color because he doesn’t wear a full mask. He wears clothing that fully cover his body, not showing anything neck up. However, female Byleth has similar armor, but shows skin only in the areas that down need much covering. (See photos) She has armor showing her bellybutton, her upper breast, arms, and see through, fishnet like stockings. They design her like this, yet literally almost all the other characters (females included) dress reasonably for the entire story (Unless you change their class, but that’s a another story.) It just makes no sense why they design her like this, considering the rest of the characters are absolutely covered. Who designed that armor? Who would want their stomach showing in battle, even if a little point? Armor needs to cover the whole chest, torso, and other torso! And having leggings like that makes you an easy target for arrows and swords, as they don’t provide any protection! It just gets me cringe to think of the impractical design and lack of proper protection. Plus the fact she wears 2 inch shorts that show her upper thigh, but I don’t know whether that and the upper breast are that offensive. Sorry it’s so long, I just have a lot to say about this for whatever reason. Impractical armor in games just messes me up.
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Monolicle Potato (Submission author) 4 years ago
Female Byleth design, opposed to Male design 9D6836FB-F...aabdd.jpeg 
#69
Does it count if I say I can't come out to my dad as an enby because whenever the Non-Binary spectrum is mentioned, he gets really angry?
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MentallyUnstable27 9 months ago
im sorry. my parents hate the fact that im bi but i still have hearts and flags alllll over my room idgaf (sorry this is not really sexism just thought i could sorta relate)
#70
I’m 13. Lucky for me, I haven’t experienced all that much sexism and my parents are so supportive of my dreams of becoming a politician and playing sports and stuff. But the boys at my school just don’t let the girls play sports with them, and if they do it not like we even have a chance to youch the ball. It’s really annoying.
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#71
I used to bring a Thomas the Tank Engine lunchbox to nursery and all the kids would tease me because Thomas was for boys and I was a girl so I’m not allowed to like Thomas. I came home crying and didn’t want to bring the Thomas lunch box any more. I went back the next day with a hello kitty lunch box
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#72
my mom insists i wear pink because im a girl but i HATE pink and i really want to wear boys clothing but my mom just screams at me because i shouldnt act like a wild boy and should be more like a girl. they don't let me do several things my older brother could do at my age because I'm a girl.
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Ooga Booga (Submission author) 4 years ago
lol sometimes i do but i hate when my mom FORCES me to wear it:)
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Zarin Jashim 4 years ago
My eyes get bored when I see pink. Pink is a ridiculus (I am not a native English speaker) color. I . JUST . HATE. IT.
#73
When I wan in preschool I wanted to be an engineer and I told the class that I got bullied for 3 weeks after that for being "to much like a boy" now I want to own my own software engineering company and be president and i will go through with it. It made me a better person in the end because it motivated me to be better than those bullies but still really annoying.
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#74
The time this guy on the bus stole my Rubik's cube, mixed it up, fixed it, then demanded 20 dollars for his work. I went to a teacher after this and they told me, "Boys will be boys."
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Deceased Nemo 4 years ago
no actually BOYS WILL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR FRUCKING ACTIONS
Commander Rex 4 years ago
Yeah that term is meant for when two boys are throwing hot dog buns at each other in the backyard, not being a jerk
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Not sure if this counts, but: In my Computer Science class (which I loved) I was the only girl in the class, and that was the only computer science class in the grade. For reference, there were about 24 kids in my class and one hundred sixty in the grade. All my other friends had taken something on the more artsy side like drawing or dancing. I just kinda wish that a few other girls had taken the class as well.
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#76
In my old school there is a subject that is called; go girls. it is an only girl subject and its like a motivational subject. BUT THERE IS NO BOY ONE! like half of the year level is missing out on a subject option!? why.
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#77
A boy (my “friend” at the time) slapped me and my friends bootys when we where waiting in line. We where at a elementary school. In the 2000s.
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#78
In middle school (I was in 7th grade) I played tennis. My Tennis Coach would always ask for a boy to carry the water cooler. One day, I volunteered only for her to say no because "guys are stronger than girls" so in return I asked her why I was ranked higher in tennis than more than half the guys. She ignored me and walked away.
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Audrey Rasmussen 3 years ago
look it up men are biologically stronger than women because of how their muscle mass can grow faster and is part of their puberty just like how women get periods(I am not saying it is okay to say this I am just saying that there is a reason some people say this and you should simply say that they are not completely wrong but also say that it is sexist)
#79
In middle school (I was in 7th grade) I played tennis. My Tennis Coach would always ask for a boy to carry the water cooler. One day, I volunteered only for her to say no because "guys are stronger than girls" so in return I asked her why I was ranked higher in tennis than more than half the guys. She ignored me and walked away.
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#80
Sorry for adding twice but so let’s say my name is Quinn and I’m female so I walk into my new school plus class and I sit down when I say my name most of the boys shout:”THATS A BOYS NAME!!” I speak up for myself........ first time at the principal office (THANK GOD I DONT HAVE A SEXIST PRINCIPLE)
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#81
Back in 1986 when leaving school I applied for an apprenticeship in bricklaying. I was told pretty much word for word that as a girl I was not suitable as bricklaying was a job for a man. They would however, allow me to do an apprenticeship in painting and decorating. Not realising I could have called them on this, I accepted. Within weeks I was carrying 30ft ladders on my shoulder and learning to erect scaffolding. Sometimes I wonder what the difference was between carrying bricks and carrying other heavy stuff.
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#82
Where to start... When I was 4, I announced to my parents that when I grew up, I wanted to be a boy. Why? Because boys could be doctors, and lawyers, and engineers...anything they wanted when they grew up. Boys could play sports, climb mountains, and wear anything they wanted (I was only allowed to wear dresses, which I hated). My parents raised me with the mantra that I should grow up, graduate from a good college, so I could find a good husband, get married and stay home to raise kids. There were so many instances of sexism in the years since, and still happening, but the one thing that still makes me bitter was when I was 30, my husband had been out of work for over a year, and I was the only one supporting us and our son. I worked at day shift at an animal hospital, and a guy worked the night shift. Christmas bonus comes. I get a gift certificate for manicure. He gets $1000 because he has a family to support.
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#83
Not use if this was exactly sexist, but it made me kind of uncomfortable. My choir teacher was a boy, and he was teaching us about fractions (because of half notes, quarter nots, etc.). He was using a pizza as an example. He said one of the boys in the class had a pizza, than one of his friends came over. That friend was a boy. Then two more friends came over. They were also boys. Then when he chose four girls (I was on of them), they weren't friends, they were flirty and girly, and they boys invited them in.
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#84
As I guy, no real experience with sexism except having to attend the annual sexual harrassment training. I used to work on a government project, and evertime I changed contractors (4 in 6 years) I would have to endure the speech by the same person frpom EEO. An the story would be more exagerated each time. First time it was the woman getting a back rub. The final time it was up to she being shoved against a wall and practically raping her by shoving his groin against her ass.
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What do you think ?
Commander Rex 4 years ago
No need, I’ll just get clones to organize a firing squad, spring locks are so much hassle for very little payoff.
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pusheen buttercup 4 years ago
I don't blame them for this, I understand they don't mean any harm, but my parents forcing me to wear a dress. I absolutely did not want to, it felt wrong, in so many ways. Even as a child it felt wrong. I of course eventually did it, but man do I hate it.
Helen Haley 4 years ago
I hated wearing dresses or skirts, because you couldn't do anything fun in them. You couldn't flip on the bars on the playground, climb a tree, and you'd get slide burn if you went down a slide. Skirts on kids makes no sense in day-to-day life.
Load More Replies... Sista of the moon 4 years ago
It actually makes me sad that there are 36 and counting people who have experienced sexism.
Commander Rex 4 years ago
No need, I’ll just get clones to organize a firing squad, spring locks are so much hassle for very little payoff.
Load More Replies... pusheen buttercup 4 years ago
I don't blame them for this, I understand they don't mean any harm, but my parents forcing me to wear a dress. I absolutely did not want to, it felt wrong, in so many ways. Even as a child it felt wrong. I of course eventually did it, but man do I hate it.
Helen Haley 4 years ago
I hated wearing dresses or skirts, because you couldn't do anything fun in them. You couldn't flip on the bars on the playground, climb a tree, and you'd get slide burn if you went down a slide. Skirts on kids makes no sense in day-to-day life.
Load More Replies... Sista of the moon 4 years ago
It actually makes me sad that there are 36 and counting people who have experienced sexism.
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