5 Reasons Not To Be A Lady
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5 Reasons Not To Be A Lady

Being a woman is so much better.

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5 Reasons Not To Be A Lady
US Air Force: Staff Sgt Alexandra M. Longfellow

I have to admit being a lady has some perks, like not having to ask for help when there is car trouble. If you are a real lady, a magical man (probably) will come out of nowhere with jumper cables and a tire jack just in the nick of time. But to get this perk you are agreeing to be lesser in the civil food chain.

The idea was made by a group of people (the patriarchy) who decided they wanted to limit women and put them in a box that only ladies fit the mold. Ladies are lesser to men, but women aren’t. They are lesser because the patriarchy submits them to these ideas that are not only limiting but insulting. By creating ladies, thus was created a gender that wouldn’t fight back.

1. Sitting

When you are a lady you have to sit like a stiff back, pretzel-legged person! Some people are really small or limber so this is no big deal but the majority have to deal with chaffing. In the summer when I am wearing my appropriately-short shorts (because it is my body) nothing is worse than your thighs rubbing together in the heat. So yes, I would rather sit with my legs open then folded closed. Try it some time, it is liberating.

2. Famous Ladies

I do not know about you but the only famous ladies that I know are the ones that are married to the real star. Ladies are married to the president, they don't become the president. Ask Hilary Clinton, she can relate, she has been trying for years to get past the limitations of being a lady. Women run the world, like Beyonce. Be Beyonce.

3. Cursing

I am an avid believer in the right to free speech and being a lady takes out an array of words for me to say when I stub my toe on my marble coffee table or forget to do assignments for French. I have lived twenty years, I have done my time, I should be able to say what I please.

4. Dressing like a lady

This is another instance when I did my time. I spent my adolescence being told every reason in the world why I couldn’t wear something. I followed the dress code all throughout school, no matter how stupid the rule be. Rules be damned. I’m going to wear whatever I want.

5. Looking Presentable

'50s housewives are notorious for being perfect ladies. I have never seen one of those professional ladies take a day off from their appearance and looking presentable. None of them see that it is raining outside and decide to just put their hair in a messy bun and go all natural for the day. They are prepped and primmed. Being a lady is a full-time job, one that does not pay enough. I would rather wear gigantic sweatshirts and frizzy hair thank you very much.

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