There are definitely more than just six things that we're constantly being told, but these are six that stuck out to me and bother me the most. What's the lie that girls are told that bothers you the most?

1. You have to act stupid to get a guy to like you.

This is one of my pet peeves. Girl meets boy, wants him to pay attention to her so she acts like a ditz brain, gets super giggly and then might start twirling her hair. Stop. Stop right now. If I a guy won’t pay attention to you because you’re not a dingbat, then you need to run and run fast because he is not worth it, no matter how great you think he is.

2. You have to wear little clothing to get a guy to notice you.

This goes along with #1 but I feel like this is a more socially acceptable thing to do to try to get a guy’s attention. All you have to do is look out your dorm room window on a Thursday, Friday or Saturday night to see it. Girls everywhere dressed in too tight pants or tops that show off their fancy bras or shorts that are the size of swim suit bottoms. Is that really how you should have to get a guy’s attention? By showing off your half-naked body? The same goes here this went for #1, if someone won’t pay attention to you unless you’re wearing next to nothing, he’s not worth your time or your attention.

3. Your worth is dependant on what a guy thinks of you.

It seems like most of the problems girls my age have stemmed from one thing, one topic. Guys. Sometimes our whole sense of self-worth is dependant on what some guy thinks of you. If he doesn’t pay attention to you, you sit there thinking that it’s because you aren’t pretty enough, because our hair doesn’t look right, because your face has a giant red pimple on it, because your two front teeth have this gap between them that makes you look five years younger. Don’t let people get in your head, especially guys. If someone can’t like you for the way you are then they don’t deserve you. Take some advice from Cristina Yang of Grey’s Anatomy “He’s dreamy and all but he’s not the sun, you are.”

4. You have to have a boyfriend to be complete.

Going to formals and homecoming dances alone can be pretty annoying, take it from someone who went to all 6 of her formals/proms alone. It can especially be annoying when every other person has a date. But you don’t need someone to be complete or a whole person.

5. You have to be skinny to be beautiful

This is an age old lie. Women have always had this notion that they have to be skinny to be beautiful, 150 years ago women wore corsets to make their waste thinner, women wear spanx and waist thinning pants and dresses to make themselves thinner so they can look like women in magazines and the celebrities that they see on TV. Everyone is led to believe you have to be thin and skinny to be beautiful, but that is a big fat lie because what’s on the outside doesn’t matter, it’s what is on the inside that makes us who we are.

6. You’re not going to be good at certain jobs because you’re a girl.

You would think that this lie isn’t as common in the 21st century where we preach that women can do anything men can, but there are still things that women and girls are told we can’t do as well simply because we aren’t male. As a female majoring in sports management, I have seen it first hand. Out of the thirty people in my freshmen group of sport management majors, there was one other girl other than myself. I want to be the first female general manager in the National Hockey League and there are many, many supportive people who appreciate the fact that I have big goals and dreams, but there are still people out there who can’t wrap their head around the fact that a woman would want to go into a job field that women don’t typically go into. Never, ever let anyone tell you that you can't or shouldn't do something just because you're female.

There are definitely more than just six things that we're constantly being told, but these are six that stuck out to me and bother me the most. What's the lie that girls are told that bothers you the most?