Teenage boys are just that -- little boys. They are the ones in high school who don't know how to talk to girls, who try to smell nice but often miss the mark, who wear basketball shorts every day because they don't really care (still don't get that one). However, a piece of me feels for these little men because they don't know any better. They're still going through their awkward, slightly weird looking phase, certainly something I can relate to.
What's shocking, however, is that when I came to college I came across the same type of males -- but instead, their awkwardness was swapped for disrespect and stupidity. Don't get me wrong, I have had many strange and regrettable moments in college, but honestly I don't recall a moment when I let repulsive words slip out of my mouth.
"She's fat."
"She's a three."
"She's a b*tch."
Charming, right?
What I appreciate most about the men in my life is the way they treat women. My dad is a gentleman. He opens and closes doors for my mom, he stands on the outside of her when they walk on a busy street, he speaks to her like she is a woman. Shocking!
Honestly, that is all I ask of men my age. Why not learn to be a gentleman early on? Why not try treating a female like a person and not just something you judge as she walks by?
I am not usually the kind of person to freak out over things like these. But as I think more in depth about this I have come to realize that these comments never surprise me because I come across them so often. What is the most saddening to me is that all of us will be going out into the real world in a couple years and yet so many of us still don't understand the concept of respect.
Treat others as you would like to be treated. Don't call a woman fat or ugly or a b*tch or a three ... because how does saying any of that benefit you whatsoever?
