To the woman who made comments about the way SEC girls dress for game day, Roll Tide and bless your heart.
In the south, we live for football and game day. We work all week so we can pretty up on Saturdays and cheer for our team. We do it, and generations before us did it as well. Yes, sometimes our outfits are a little risqué, but have you ever been to a 2:00 kick-off in Tuscaloosa? It's hotter than the gates of hell.
We don't dress the way we do for attention, we do it for ourselves.
The student section is littered with sorority girls in crimson dresses and black rompers with pins that say, "KD Loves The Tide!" It's the way we do things. In the SEC, we love our schools and we take pride in them. We take the pride in being the best in college football. We also take pride in ourselves.
The girls you are slut shaming, are the same girls who grew up in the front pew of a little Baptist church. The only thing we love more than football Saturdays, is Jesus.
You see, slut-shaming like this is what’s wrong with the world today. We’re taught that we need to cover up, instead of teaching boys self-control. The message you’re sending to today’s youth, is that we’re simply show pieces and we shouldn’t provoke men. Quite frankly, I don’t see how my shoulders, or my knees are going to provoke a man. They’re probably the most unattractive parts of the female body.
Brock Turner just got released after spending a whopping three months in jail for raping an unconscious woman. Are you saying things like THIS are our fault, because of the way we dress? Are we asking for it? The answer is no; we are not. But, this is the message you are sending to today’s youth.
Not only are you slut-shaming girls who attend SEC schools, your comments are being heard by girls all over the country. We aren’t the only schools with girls in tight dresses and short rompers. You are sending the wrong message.
Instead of telling girls to “cover it up”, teach the boys to keep it to themselves. Teach the boys that we aren’t eye candy for them. Teach the boys to look us in the eyes when they talk to us. This is the message that needs to be sent.
I refuse to sit back and not only have my conference attacked, but I also refuse to let the slut-shaming continue. It stops here; it stops with us.
