Sexism and Men

From the title of this blog post, this is all obviously about sexism and men. You may be thinking about the sexist ways that men look at women and their place in society. Yes I do consider myself a feminist and I strongly believe that women are just as capable as men in anything they do. But the topic of sexism and men that I am speaking about today is the wrong sexist mentality a majority of the the population sees men.

Being gay myself, I face sexist comments and remarks once a week, to daily. I get told I shouldn't being wearing shorts that are above my fingertips JUST BECAUSE I'M MALE. Or that I shouldn't be wearing make up JUST BECAUSE I'M MALE. I even get the unusual "You SHOULD be working out more." Why? JUST BECAUSE I'M MALE.

All of these ideal ways that men should behave, dress, and preform their day to day lives is created and still has a healthy beating heart because of all of us, the people of modern day society. We don't see men wearing shorts too far above their knee's on TV, but most women do and that's why we judge men who wear short shorts. The same goes for makeup and all the other crazy ideal ways men and women behave and live their lives: separate and different.

Truth of the matter is that men and women shouldn't be separated or defined by a certain way they do something. We should be able to express ourselves without judgement. But we all fail to simply accept someone for the way they are.

Men and women are equal. There should never be "You should ____________ because you're male." Or "You should  ____________ because you're female." We face it everyday and it's hard to deal with. I found confronting the issue of the topic every time it presents itself educates people on the sexist way they think. Maybe it has a positive influence on them, maybe not.

It might not make a big difference now, but every time I tell someone that what they said to me was sexist because _________, I feel a little more confident in myself because I'm hoping that that is one more person I educated on what being sexist is.