5 Things Women Are Sick of Hearing
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5 Things Women Are Sick of Hearing

Women deal with enough stuff without being antagonized by these too.

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5 Things Women Are Sick of Hearing

Women are forced to listen to all sorts of different things that do not make their life any easier. They listen to people tell them that they are too emotional, not supporting their man, causing problems for their men. Learning to let women live their life might be the best thing possible.

When are you going to get married? When are you going to have children?

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While I understand the value of getting married and having children, forcing these interests on someone else is rude and assuming that someone is in a position to add a spouse or children to their life is an assumption most of us wish people would stop making. As soon as you start nearing your mid-twenties or the end of your college career, people consistently single out women to ask them when they are going to start having a family. It is acceptable to ask this question only if, and I mean only in this situation, you know that they want to have children soon and you have the kind of relationship with someone that allows for these conversations. These are inappropriate questions to ask coworkers, to ask people who just accomplished something, to ask anyone who seems of "marrying age." You can ask someone when they are going to get married if they are engaged, but in an office setting, why does a successful woman still get defined by whether they are married. One of the most disappointing conversations I have to have is asking another woman if she is going to practice under her maiden name of her married name, and hearing that they are only choosing to practice by their maiden name so that they don't give credit to a man who doesn't deserve it, and because they just truly do not want to be defined by a man.

That their outfit is distracting

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Dress codes serve a purpose. However, no matter the purpose it is accidentally ridiculous that women are targeted more by dress codes than men are. In my high school, we wore uniforms but we had days when we were out of uniform. Men consistently could get away with wearing significantly worse outfits than women could. If shorts were acceptable, the length of a man's shorts was absolutely not considered. Girls are expected to keep their shoulders covered, are not allowed to wear leggings or yoga pants, have to adhere to a length rule for skirts, dresses, and shorts that men do not have to. The reasoning behind all of these rules are that girls are considered distracrting by boys and because we live in an extremly patriarchical society, women are valued less in educational environments.

Boys will be boys.

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I genuinely don't care if boys want to act like stereotypical cis-males or stereotypical cis-females or somewhere in between. I don't care what boys want to do, as long as they are taught to be respectful and stop acting like they can do anything they want. Boys should be held responsible for their actions. Why does a woman have to change clothes because a man is distracted by her outfit? Teach men that they are just as accountable for their actions as women are. Teach young boys the importance of treating women with the same respect that women are taught to teach men with. I know that the idea that men are supposed to get more respect has affected my lfie, since I often find myself apologizing to males and treating females like my equals.

That boys are mean to you when they like you

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One thing I thought I would have left behind on the playground was hearing that a boy being rude is a boy saying that he likes you. This concept, which may not be incorrect entirely, does usually result in negative consequences for women. I know women who remained in extremely abusive relationships because they were tuaght that men who are mean love you. I know girls who dated the wrong guy because they thought he liked them and he was just a regular asshole that we all encounter every time we are forced to listen to a guy mansplain something.

That women are too emotional

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Women get a lot of stuff thrown at them every day. Some women tend to be more emotional than others, but no matter what, no woman should have to feel bad for having emotions. Women should not be knocking other women down for their emotions but rather celebrating them for all of their accomplishments.

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