Women should not be judged by their clothing

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I would like to start out by saying that I deeply apologize if anyone is offended by this letter, (which is in regard to Ryan Thomas’ opinion “Five types of girls to avoid dating,” April 13).

I am aware that not everyone thinks this way, but this is how most our society is, and how the majority of our population thinks nowadays.

The idea of what is beautiful has changed drastically over time. The reason for that is because models and people that we look up to are always skinny and perfect and have the best clothes.

Most men have decided that the ideal female is the way these perfect models are.

I’m not going to apologize because we don’t all look like Kate Upton. Why can’t we be accepted for who we are with our own God given beauty? (Or whatever superior you believe in.)

Going on to women’s clothing, some men want us to dress a certain way for their personal visual pleasure. I’m sorry, but that’s not the case.

We reserve the right to be comfortable in our clothing, and in our own skin, without being judged.

Studies have shown that if a man wears the same outfit twice, no one will notice. But if a woman wears the same thing more than once, everyone will make a comment.

Why does it matter? School is not a fashion show; it’s a learning establishment for minors.

Hate to burst your bubble boys, but we females do not dress for you. We dress simply because our other clothes are being washed and for our own comfort and confidence.

If you boys oogle at our appearances, that’s your own personal self-control issue.

On another note, if a girl is confident about herself, do NOT take that away from her by calling her a demeaning name or saying that she is seeking attention.

Our society, and the pressure put on girls, is emotionally exhausting for us women.

Everything we want to do, or eat, or wear, we second guess ourselves. Females live in constant worry about being judged.

A woman that has low self-esteem is not rare. And people will go to extremes to fix the way we look, like starving ourselves (anorexia), bulimia, or in most extreme cases, suicide.

If teens in high school are that worried about being accepted, don’t you think that’s a problem?

People always look at something negative and say, “That is what is wrong with our society.”

Yet, we do nothing to fix it; people continue to be put down.

So if we want to fix this world that us teens are growing up in, let’s fix it.

— Aubrey Scott, sophomore