14/10/15
Dear Electra,
I'm back after a hiatus with Primavera! I've also completed week 1 of my fourth school term this year, which means that exams and assessments are crawling closer behind me. This also means that I have to hibernate from writing letters to you again soon.
As I remain on the same topic about school, there's been more sexism now than I've experienced earlier this year. It's 2015, people! I thought we could wrap our thoughts around this predicament by now.
Some adults may say that boys 'tease' girls to flirt and to get their attention, but it's actually worse. Who flirts by mistreating others? Why can't boys treat girls like human beings and not like wild animals? Do boys struggle to see the light in the opposite gender?
This brings me to another sub-topic: when girls achieve their best or have big goals, why do boys have the reflex of focusing on our bodies? I heard an example of this very recently when some friends of mine won a competition:
"Woah, she looks so hot."
"Yeah. I'd put her in my bed in a millisecond."
Well, that's not what they said word for word, but it's enough for you to comprehend my message.
When can boys accept the fact that girls can do whatever they can do?
My reason for writing this is not to shame some males for their libertine actions, but to remind them that females and other types of genders are as important as they are. When you see an example of sexism online, in real life or anywhere else, please try to combat it. This also applies to racism, any type of bullying and any other type of discrimination in this world.
Stay powerful and beautiful as usual,
- M ★
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