Appearances
I have been saved from wanting to be sexy, thanks to random men in San Francisco. While attending a conference (read: dressed professionally but definitely not sexily), I was cat-called or commented upon three times in the same day-- once by a homeless man. What is up with that? What on Earth gives these men the right to comment upon me in such a fashion? Clearly it is because they are men and I'm a woman.
Prior to this, I'd been going through a phase where I wanted to feel and appear sexy. I have been totally cured of that. In fact, this experience makes me want to gain back all of the 15-20 lbs I've lost just to avoid such an experience-- being commented on as an object because I'm female and walking down the street. What a horrid world to live in: a world that drives women to not appear attractive or feel attractive because doing so attracts unwanted commentary that needs to be actively resisted.
I now hate the fact that I look good. Well done, random men in San Francisco.
Prior to this, I'd been going through a phase where I wanted to feel and appear sexy. I have been totally cured of that. In fact, this experience makes me want to gain back all of the 15-20 lbs I've lost just to avoid such an experience-- being commented on as an object because I'm female and walking down the street. What a horrid world to live in: a world that drives women to not appear attractive or feel attractive because doing so attracts unwanted commentary that needs to be actively resisted.
I now hate the fact that I look good. Well done, random men in San Francisco.