Why the hell do we take orders from this absurd thing called “society?”
Nothing is more disturbing than the expectations that society puts us through. Society expects more out of us than our parents do. We are expected to be these already planned out versions of ourselves. This has been like this for way too many years now; there have been societal expectations as far back as the 1600s! Society expects men to be “tough, strong, and emotionless,” while women need to be “skinny, lady-like, and emotional.” But why? Society is an awful idea, almost like a dictator of how we should be, and what is expected of us. Women need to be skinny but not too skinny, thick but not too thick, and also, healthy. We all have to listen to this dreadful medical classification called a BMI, body mass index. I am 5 ft 1 inch, and I am most definitely not that weight I am supposed to be. Not only do my doctors tell me this, but society does too. Our whole life we are smacked in the face with the unacceptable fact that we don’t meet the standards.
Society is the reason for the amount of people that don’t accept themselves. Society makes us not love ourselves. We hate who we are because it isn’t “the correct way to be.” If I burp, it is considered “unlady-like.” I honestly, didn’t know that my bodily function of trying to get rid of gas was not “lady-like.” I am so sorry, I’ll yell at my body for you society.
Society creates this obsessive disorder of image. We are all “supposed” to look a specific way. Not only do we have to pay bills, live life, raise kids, work, cook dinners, make friends, but we also have to meet the most wonderful and “reasonable” expectations of society. Now that is some difficult thing to do. How many people ACTUALLY please society? Most likely not many, it is almost impossible.
Yes, women are expected so much of them. Women basically have to be superwomen, but on the other hand men have it tough to. I couldn’t imagine getting hurt and it not being acceptable to cry, because they would look “weak.” They should be able to just LET IT ALL OUT. Cry like no tomorrow. Men always have to be masculine, as do women have to be feminine. But they too have body expectations. They have to be skinny but not too skinny, have abs but not skinny people abs, be muscular but not too much. Men have such a tough standard, it is so ridiculous.
This “look” that is expected of us, not only comes with height, weight, and behavioral, but also clothing. We are supposed to dress in the style that is “in.” You know, you can’t be an outcast, we are just supposed to go with the flow and all be followers. But, I am honestly so SICK of this societal expectation bullshit. Society pushes us all around like a bully. Society sucks, and I wish it never existed.
