"Can't you take a joke?"....

Wouldnt it be great if all men in the world had a day were they were on a period and could see how it feels?

Agreed.

This! It sets their expectations for their whole life, until they're trying to walk in a tight pencil skirt and high heels, and have no pockets.

We let our daughter choose her own outfit when she was a tot. She was never coordinated and always happy. I did ask her why and she said "My friends are not allowed to get dirty because their mommies and daddies say they look nice and don't want them to get dirty so they won't play in case they make a mess and I want to play" She was 5 at the time. Since that day 12 years ago I can't help notice that most kids dressed in their matching outfits are a lot less playful and a little less happier

For sure. Especially things like beauty pagents.

Let that sequined dress get mud all over it. She’s four, how many more times is she gonna wear it anyway!

This is a life long problem for women...I'm expected to wear a dress to certain social situations...I don't look good in them and I can't dance well in a dress!!! Pants every time for me (60 y.o.w)

I loved my pretty dresses with petticoats and shiny, shiny shoes but there was always a change of clothes in the car (my brother's old hand me downs) so I could be me when I was tired of being "girly girl"

Yep! I mean I dressed my daughter in frilly clothing when we went somewhere nice, but for the most part it was shorts and a shirt, or pants and a shirt. I wanted her to be able to play!!!!

This is so on point. Even my 14 year old, who chose to wear a dress to her grandmother’s funeral regretted it, being constantly aware that she had to keep her legs closed while sitting. She said “Mom, I gave up my freedom when I chose to put that on...I’m never doing that again! It was so uncomfortable!”

what worries me is the huge backpacks some children are expected to tote and to school.

My mom always had a second set of clothes when she was picking me up from kindergarden. It was 100% sure that the ones I was wearing through the day will be dirty/holey/both. There was no point fighting it, I'm a curious soul.

This. My 4year old daughter wears clothes that are allowed to get dirty . She climbes trees, jumps in the mud with them and I dont mind washing them. Let them be kids, they grow up so fast!

Yes! Childhood is supposed to be a time for getting dirty, having fun, and not caring how you look!

My thought exactly. My daughter never wore a skirt or dress in her life. And I will only buy those when SHE expressly asks for them. She is wearing comfortable pants.

Having a cute child (girl) is only for the betterment of the parents social acceptance. My daughter wears a pink Bass Pro hat, with hand me down football t shirts from her brother, leggings and red cowboy boots because she chose it and because she is comfortable.

and then end up with a bad spine hip and ankle or two later on/. Wheelchair

Three year old girls at the beach in a bikini. They look so uncomfortable. On the other hand there are parents who understand this and let their little kids just wear the bikini pants. And let me tell you how many times I have heard some entitled twat loudly say how disgusting to allow a girl to not cover up. They're kids, they have no sexual identity until they mature!

Exactly, and why overpay for the fancy stuff? Children grow fast, and they're not dolls

Dress kids according to the circumstances. They should have "going out" clothes and "play clothes" and choose what they want to wear under specific circumstances. Little girls in tutus and cowboy boots are cute, but not necessarily appropriate.

My mom would put my sister and I in cute outfits for school picture day, but she also made sure that those outfits could be played in.

OK I guess someone has to disagree I suggest it's rarely a kid's clothing style that messes them up. There has to be far more involved. I grew up in dresses--climbing trees, running through the woods, catching bugs and frogs. My older brother wore "boys clothes" and spent all his time indoors or on the back porch with books, building little electric devices, taking things apart with screwdrivers and rebuilding them.

Putting little girls in tights to keep her warm...give her pants dammit.

What ever happened to dressing for the occasion? I only had girls. They had "good" clothes for going out and which they changed to play clothes when they came home. They wore "play" clothes to kindy and could get as dirty as they wanted to.

Play in that dress! 🥰

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a four year old shouldn't worry about stuff like that, they should be worrying about wether or not they're favourite doll is going to stop crying for her daddy at night

Yeah, from such a young age, kids, especially girls, are expected to play at being parents and stuff. It just makes it seem as though their whole life revolves around having kids.

Woman: has incredibly large rash all over her body Woman: *happens to be on period* Doctor: coincidence? I think not!

THIS! it affects relationships a long way down the road

Women DO the housework and childcare while men HELP. This approach needs to change :/

Good thing i'm a lesbian!

This.

Agree with the spaghetti strap comment but also agree with having a basic dress code at high schools

Hedy Lamarr. Just saying.

'I'm sorry, did the middle of my sentence interrupt the beginning of yours?'.

Sexual harassment of women, ESPECIALLY young girls, isn't seen as normal. It of course happens which is atrocious and should absolutely be stopped but only sexual predators think it's "normal."

beauty pageants are a total menace, not only are children forced into performing when they don't want to but their bodies are also sexualised in totally disgusting ways

Or saying that you must be a lesbian because you are not interested in them.

Sadly very true on the whole.

Young people (all genders) *need* to be told that porn is not real. Over and over again until they get it. For a lot of kids it may be the only sex education they get. No wonder they have a really skewed view of what sex is supposed to be like.

And cropped everything

This. It took me 10 years to get my endometriosis and adenomyosis diagnosed and another one to get surgery (and it went terrible due to a sexist doctor). By the time I got treated the endo wasnso bad that it was basically too late to help. I cannot work or have a normal life anymore because of all the doctors that ignored me or put my fertility as a bigger priority than my health

And the young women are pressured to look provocative.

Or a called a bitch. The double-standard is very obvious especially in management positions.

Being a firmly committed single woman, sometimes I dread having to explain the whole "yes, I'm single, no, I'm not looking for a mate" conversation. I used to lie and say I was married or had a boyfriend, but many times they took it as a challenge.

I absolutely hate this. Not only that it makes us extremely self conscious, it is also considered sexual harassment.

Whoever says this can stfu

Well we don't have to stay with them, at least. And we can teach them otherwise if they are willing to learn. Sad we have to think like that though.

Not being able to walk down the street at night ALONE without carrying your keys as a weapon

should be free...or at least very subsidized...guess you'll need free health care for that

It. Is. Infuriating. Periods are not a way to shove aside real problems. If something is wrong, it is the doctors job to take it seriously. No. Matter. What.