My whole I've been told how and what to do with my own body.

From school dress codes to now laws on abortions and birth control. But why is my body and what I choose to do with it anyone else's business besides my own?

Growing up, I went to public school where there was always a strict dress code for girls. Girls couldn't wear shorts or tank tops even when it was 80+ degrees out. We were told that we would be giving the "wrong" impression if we dressed a certain way. If we dressed comfortably for the weather we would be asking for inappropriate comments and stares. Girls needed to be covered up and modest.

Since when is what girls decide to wear to school anyone else's business besides their own? It's not like we were going to school naked. If I want to wear short shorts and a tank top I'm going to. Nobody else gets to decide what I wear besides myself.

Not only were girls being told how to dress, but growing up we were being told what to do with our bodies. We were being told that girls shouldn't eat junk food because girls shouldn't be overweight and we should be thin.

We were told that we had to be thin or boys wouldn't like us.

If I want to eat an entire pizza to myself, I'm going to. But my question is, whats wrong with not being thin?

Whether somebody's thin or curvy shouldn't matter to other people because it's their body, not yours.

Girls were being told that tattoos were for boys and that they weren't ladylike. Not only were tattoos an issue but piercings, too. These things were considered "trashy," but personally I find them kind of artsy. What you chose to put on your body and the meaning behind it can help you understand a lot about a person and tattoos.

Yet if girls had any tattoos or piercings, we would be "trashy" and the type of girl that guys wouldn't want to be with. If I want that tattoo or piercing, I'm getting it my because it's my body, my decision and nobody else's. If it's not on your body then it's not your business.

Now I'm being told that I can't have abortions and I can't take birth control. What I decide to have in and out of my body is my choice. If I want to take birth control, why should that matter to other people?

If I chose to have an abortion for whatever reason, why is that anyone else's business besides my own? News flash: a pregnancy is going to affect my body in tons of ways, and if I decide I don't want that to happen, it's my choice.

Everything I do with my body is my business and my business only. It is my body, not yours.