OK, I get it. I'm a little more irritable and offended than your average college-aged female. But trust me when I say I'm not alone. Day in and day out the comments and terms said casually to women are offensive and sexist— we only coin them to one gender. The main issue is most people don't see the harm in the words they are saying, and the only way to curb this is knowledge.

Here are 8 everyday quips we use that are really offensive and sexist:

1. "You would be so much prettier if you just smiled!"

There are so many different forms of this from "smile baby girl!" to "you would be so much prettier if you just smiled" and they are all equally offensive and sexist. I've never heard a family member tell my male cousins to smile, but God forbid I am not glowing cheek to cheek when seen. We associate smiling with femininity—something women are expected to own at all times.

2. "You know sports really well for a woman!"

Sports, technology, athletics, out doors, computers.... the list continues. If you're a woman engineer or any type of role that men traditionally occupy, you know this sentiment way too well. We, as a society, don't understand how women can perform well in different roles and constantly let them know we think this way. It's not only disheartening, it's rude and condemning.

3. "Oh! Don't you look skinny?"

There is not a girl in the world not accustomed to this standard, rude, quip out of the mouths of every man ever. While yes, I like to be told the outfit I have on is fitting and I look good, would those words ever be said to a man? My body and the way I decide to run it is never for a man or to look "skinny" for him—I do things for me. The news and headlines are a prime example. Women celebrities looking thin or larger is always a news story, but a man? Never.

4. "Oh, boys will be boys."

I wish I could write an eight-page academic essay on why this is the worst statement ever made. No—boys being boys does not give them the right to be mean to girls. Boys being boys does not give them the right to say negative things about women. Boys being boys does not give them the right to more of anything. Boys being boys does not give them a systematic and societal advantage over every aspect of life.

This excuse is used usually much younger when parents have no excuse for their shitty parenting. Boys being mean to you does not mean they like you and they are not pushing you because boys are "more aggressive." Stop giving excuses to younger boys to learn mindsets that these things are acceptable.

5. "Don't mind her, she's on her period."

The fact that women bleed for 2-7 every month against their own will has nothing to do with the sass, rudeness, bluntness, or truth that comes out of her mouth. If I had a nickel for every time someone asked me if I was on my period because I was being hormonal I'd have enough money to buy the endless tampons I needed that are already way too overpriced.

6. "No, she's just a bitch."

Any woman who has ever been in power, really good at her job, smart, or better than a man has been called a bitch. Just ask Hillary Clinton. Apparently getting things done and being a positive but productive aspect to the circle in which your occupying is bitchy—but when a man does it, he's professional, smart or the way it's supposed to be.

7. "You're too pretty to be doing __."

The looks I was given from birth has nothing to do with my ability and the missions I put my mind to for accomplishment. From women in STEM fields to servers, waitresses, bartenders or cashiers—it's as if telling us we are pretty will make us more likely to quit and become a model. The desire to be self-sufficient on brains and tasks that have nothing to do with my looks is a mindset many women hold—and I'm not "too pretty" for anything to be beneath me.

And last but NOT least:

8. Catcalls.

"Nice tits."

"Darling, you look like my future wife."

"Here let me grab your bag, must be too heavy for your little arms."

"Damn ma, those are some thick legs, wanna run to me?"

And those are just four examples I could think of from my summer in the city. Catcalls are hands down the most uncomfortable and rude thing a man could do—imagine saying those quips to your wife, daughter, mother or sister?

Would you? no.