Tying it all together
Woman in America
I am only seventeen years old so I'm not positive that referring to myself as a woman is completely accurate. However, I do know a little about what it is like to grow up as a girl in America. In all honesty, I think it is the most belittling and difficult situation someone could imagine. Judged, criticized, teased, and mislead. We are judged for the countless irrelevant aspects in life. Our appearance, our clothes, hair, makeup and body type. We are also judged for the kind of woman we grow into. Like sex, you are a sinner. Absolute prude? Way too stuck up or religious. Not want to be a stay at home mother? You are a failure as a female. Actually want to be a stay at home? Dependent on men and old fashioned (boring). We are criticized for the choices we make regarding our sex lifes and how we present ourselves. We are teased for not being girly enough or being too girly. The biggest one, being mislead. As a child, I was told that if a boy is being mean to me, it really means that they liked me. Years later, I found myself being flattered and flustered by crude behavior from the opposite sex. A woman in America, is really just understanding what it is like to be judged from everyone about everything and never being good enough.
I am only seventeen years old so I'm not positive that referring to myself as a woman is completely accurate. However, I do know a little about what it is like to grow up as a girl in America. In all honesty, I think it is the most belittling and difficult situation someone could imagine. Judged, criticized, teased, and mislead. We are judged for the countless irrelevant aspects in life. Our appearance, our clothes, hair, makeup and body type. We are also judged for the kind of woman we grow into. Like sex, you are a sinner. Absolute prude? Way too stuck up or religious. Not want to be a stay at home mother? You are a failure as a female. Actually want to be a stay at home? Dependent on men and old fashioned (boring). We are criticized for the choices we make regarding our sex lifes and how we present ourselves. We are teased for not being girly enough or being too girly. The biggest one, being mislead. As a child, I was told that if a boy is being mean to me, it really means that they liked me. Years later, I found myself being flattered and flustered by crude behavior from the opposite sex. A woman in America, is really just understanding what it is like to be judged from everyone about everything and never being good enough.
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