Women Are Calling Out 40 “Female Experiences” That Have Been Normalized By Society But Are In Fact Really Messed Up

: He touched me. - May be he was joking? : No, he snatched my hand and rubbed it on his crotch. - Yes, but are you sure? He jokes all the time. : Our workplace policies says someone can not sexually harass, even as a joke. - Yes, but why take a joke so seriously? : You were not even there. - Yes, but he is a really nice guy, and never has done anything to me! : You are the manager, ofc he is not gonna do something to you. - Yeah, I am pretty sure he was joking.

Puh, this one does not fit in my society.

oh yes and then there is the comment we are tough or hard if we reject unwanted advances. Another tactic is to be accused of being a lesbian lol!

THIS! Women have been taught to be polite so much that when we nicely tell guys that we are not interested they don't get it.

Absolutely this . I remember this well as a child growing upi. And being called miserable because I didn’t want them touching me

Yes... and my absolute favorite: "But [insert random other woman] doesnt have this kind of problem. SHE never complains/always goes to work/goes running and does sports during her period, therefore you are obviously just acting!"

I'm one of the lucky ones that don't have painful periods

Yeah, a flu lands them on their back, but damned if they'll even try to understand period pain. And we have to endure it once a month for YEARS.

my brother said that "women are able to handle periods because are bodies are made for them" ummm NO

Although I'm a guy ... I got to know what real pain is like after the effed up my gallbladder removal a bit. Still hurts every single day, sometimes being unbearable - and hardly anyone believes there's more to it than me just wanting to "get high". I know some meds can provide this, but being pain free is worth so much more, ... anyway, as I got to know a kind of pain (NOT only intensity) I wasn't aware does even exist when I was 29, I guess the default position on this is to believe whoever says he or she has pain - and as I don'T have a uterus, I cannot possibly know any about period pain firsthand. But I can refuse to not believe unless I have a reason to not believe.

to be honest, men get that a lot too or don't dare to say no to start with, in the group pressure topics, where a no is sometimes overruled by others ... . But its a more wide issue for woman where they have to explain every single no, regardless of context or topic, frustrating.

I said no. I do not need to explain my "no". It was "no". It mayve have been "no thanks", but it was NO.

I had to log in JUST TO COMMENT on this ... I went to the chicken a half block from my flat and asked for half a chicken, no rice no bread. The man serving said "The bread is so fluffy, you have to take one" I said "I wont eat it" he put on in my to go container anyway. He said "The rice is Egyptian, very good" I said, "I am sure it is but I wont eat it" he said "One spoonful" and put it in my container. BECAUSE HE IS A MAN AND HE KNOWS WHAT I NEED. I told my male co-worker this and said "if you went there and said no rice no bread, you would get NO RICE NO BREAD" my male co-worker said the guy was just trying to be nice........................ I. Will. Blow. This. Whole. Place. Up.

Someone asks if you want something you say no they give you it anyways ask them if they want something you KNOW they will say no to give them it anyways

any man makes unwanted advances he gets the message. no explanations. Just say no and that is it. .. the tactic that we must be lesbians or frigid if we dont want the guy, is laughable.

Too many mothers treat their daughters like dress-up dolls.

Kids clothes should never be gendered. If it was up to me it wouldnt be legal to gender kids clothes or toys. They deserve to be treated equally.

As a nanny, I let my 5 year old charge play outside in the dirt making mud pies. I was let go because I taught their 'perfect Cabbage Patch Baby' to do something besides sit polite and not get her dress wrinkled. They actually called her their 'perfect Cabbage Patch Baby"

My mom dressed me only "up" for visiting some special places. I loved my colourful dresses. All the other times I wore pants and shirts and sturdy shoes. 😊 Kids are no adults, they don't need $1000 Skirts, shoes, hair&make-up ... or Hermes bags.

It's not always the parents. Getting my 3yr old to not wear a dress and for the clothes to not be pink is a fight every day. (We don't ever hold her back from playing because of clothes though...)

This one is HUGE!!! I have many female friends in their 40's that didn't have kids and to be honest I am so proud of them. They didn't bow down to society or family pressure. You should only have kids if you want them, not to check off some stupid box that is put there by your parents or society.

Its horrible when people keeps insisting in that you have kids and get angry, call you selfish or raise their voice if you dont want them. I am tired of being seen as a walking uterus.

This. I have never experienced this personally, but the amount of stories I hear or posts I see detailing how women should have children, or that their only reason for existence is to bear children, is appalling and downright insulting. Why can't I just have a happy life without having a screaming kid waking me up at any hour, getting next to zero sleep, not to mention the pregnancy itself. It all just sounds horrid and pointless to me. I decided at the ripe old age of 8 that I'd never have kids, and anything I learned about them/ pregnancy after just reinforced that decision.