Being a Girl

"What's it like to be a girl?" I heard this question all too many times going from middle school to high school. Because the majority of my friends were boys, I learned to (somewhat) understand the way they thought and talked. Unfortunately they could not say the same about me, or girls in general for that fact.

Often times I sat through school lunches listening to these boys talk about how big (or small) a girl's @** was, how hitting the gym was really paying off, how easy or slutty a girl on the cheer team was, or just in general making sexual remarks. Keeping in mind that these were all guys on our varsity cheer team, I couldn't help but think "this is seriously why guys join cheer," which of course explained why there were more guys than girls on the team with a 4:1 ratio.

So what's it like to be a girl? 

Well for starters, we are more private when it comes to sexual activity and will only share this with our closest girlfriends, as opposed to most guys that are more prone to disclosing this information with close girl or guy friends. Hence, we do not want to constantly hear about how 'hot' or 'easy' another girl is. Although, guiltily I can admit we also compare guys and their "game spitting" with our friends.

Our bodies are different. We get periods. So if we are quieter than usual do not make comments like, "It must be that time of the month again.." or "She's acting difficult, she's probably on her period" not only could you be wrong but if we are, it only adds the need to punch you.

We are expected to have neater hand writing, which I have proven true in most cases-- but then there is my best friend since elementary school that just ruins the odds.

What we choose to wear tends to be tied to our personalities or sexual experiences. Example 1: It's an Arizona Summer, a woman is wearing short shorts instead of longer shorts = "She's obviously asking for attention so it's not the guys' fault if they stare or say something"
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Example 2: It's an Arizona Summer, a man is wearing short shorts instead of longer shorts = "what is this, the 70's? I guess it is kinda hot outside so it doesn't matter"

The biological differences between male and females are countless and can be altered, who's not to say that feminism will become even more popular and create gender equality within the social norms.