Mind Your Misogyny

A woman’s body is meant to be praised…

Meant to?

Who decided that?

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Let’s talk about what the female body is actually meant to do—

Create a human.

Nurture a human.

Home a human.

That’s power. That’s real.

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But no—

we’re praised for what our bodies look like,

not what they carry.

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We’ve been oversexualized for as long as history has pages.

And now it’s so deep in our society

that a teenage girl’s shoulders are “distracting.”

Three fingers’ width of fabric

apparently separates “appropriate” from “asking for it.”

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Even me—

I show the tiniest bit of cleavage

and suddenly I’m a target.

I could scream “help” in a mall,

and less people would look

than if I wore a low-cut top.

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I get that attraction is human.

But the disrespect?

That’s a choice.

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Women are dehumanized

because of what we wear.

We’re expected to be hairless, flawless, modest—but sexy.

And even when we meet those impossible standards,

we’re still picked apart.

Still told we’re too much, or not enough.

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So yeah—

when I said I wanted to go on a hot girl walk,

it wasn’t about anyone else.

It wasn’t a threat.

It wasn’t for attention.

It was for me.

To feel good.

To feel cute.

To move.

To breathe.

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But suddenly it became a conversation

about how “men will look at you”

and how “you already have a boyfriend.”

Like wanting to feel good in my body

is some kind of betrayal.

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Why is everything we do

assumed to be for male approval?

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Why can’t I just exist?

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Why can’t I feel beautiful

without being sexualized for it?

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Society messed up—

not me.

And not the walk.

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So let me walk.

Let me wear what I want.

Let me live in this body

without constantly defending it.