Social Rebellion

[0rganized_chaos]

In what ways have you felt confined by society? In what ways do you/did you defy these confinements?

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I'm writing about social rebellion and I'm looking for some inspiration from real experiences. Your personal rebellions can be as small as defying your parents or as big as leading a huge protest. Whatever you want!

Comments

[shehangbrightly]

same here and kick ass all the same time by surprising people on how much we can do (and do better than).

[cat_the_knife]

When I really put things in perspective, I don't think the ways in which I've rebelled are probably all that remarkable. Most of them just involved going against minor societal expectations and especially my parents' expectations

[superblyme]

In middle school I joined the all-boys football team because I felt it was sexist not to include girls. We were just as big (or bigger) than the boys at that age! That was a fiasco.

[topf]

I grew up in South America, specifically in Colombia. The pressure to look and act like a beauty queen, when you're female, is enormous. My own family bullied me for ages for not conforming to it. I was called fat, ugly and similar things as of the age of 8. All by my parents and extended family. Then at school it was the same. I was never really interested in it. I was interested in books and school and grades. I had to take constant bullying from almost everyone for years. I never gave in. I mean, that's not who I am or who I was. Being pretty was never a concern of mine

[marijuanakills]

Society has expectations of what a black woman should be, but I'm just myself. I don't fit any particular mold and I'm more than okay with that.