Ridiculous Expectations for Women

School in a nutshell for me :roll_eyes:

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Same with my existence since mum doesn’t like the fact that I’m shy. Shyness doesn’t go away like a flu!

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Exactly! People think being quiet is a weakness when it’s just a trait like being talkative. Even if shyness needs to be worked on, you don’t help people by shaming them

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Exactly.

Trust me, having social anxiety isn’t fun.

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Women/girls expectations off the top of my head:

  • Marriage (to a man)
  • Having kids (even if you don’t want them + the assumption you can have them)
  • Expected to be emotional and chatty (if not then you need to “break out of your shell”)
  • Dressing modestly + being shamed if you don’t/blamed on clothing choices if anything happens to you
  • Being shamed for body hair
  • Expected to keep anything to do with periods kept to yourself
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Huge double standard: “men are just more rational than women. But it’s a woman’s fault if she dresses in an immodest way and men lose all sense of rationality and go on a r*pe rampage”

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My mother (and some people) expect me to want to have a husband +children and when I say that I’d rather not get married and have children, I am being told “don’t say that”, “so, you wanna be a single forever?!! :dizzy_face::scream:”, “such a thing shouldn’t be said to God”… What th-? What’s God got to do with that? :woman_facepalming:t4:. And the part that I hate the most is when people end up telling me “you are still young. You have a time 'till then” as if I was the one who brought up the issue or fantasized about having kids :anger::anger:
I don’t hate children. Nor do I hold anything against men at all. I have my own reasons why I don’t want to get married and have kids. So, please respect that.

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Oh yeah, I’m terrible at anything remotely sporty and this year my teacher had this competition thing and I was good at nothing except this one thing and it didn’t even require a lot of physical effort. I tried though and when I didn’t make the right shot I would laugh because I’d make these big swings and it wouldn’t even come close to the place I wanted. I can’t believe people make fun of you for having fun for that sort of stuff- let me have fun instead of being sad about not being sporty!

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I don’t shave and I prefer not to shave because I hate the stubble and short hairs when I do end up shaving.

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Another expectation for women is that you get your period when you’re around 14 or 13 and start developing perfectly and on time.

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Honestly that was pretty much me, I was playing tennis once and threw the racket it was hilarious

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I have mentioned the Bangladeshi beauty standards and general standards but here’s what the Bangladeshi culture expect from women if you haven’t remembered:

  • Have dead straight black hair
  • Be sickly thin
  • Fair skinned
  • Preferences should be a rich Bangladeshi man
  • Wear traditional clothing i.e. salwar kameez, sari and lengha (top & maxi skirt)

The problem with the Bangladeshi people I’ve came cross is that they always mix culture with religion. Absolutely ridiculous!

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When young girls (especially in middle eastern families) do something like clean up or cook and then someone says “you will make a great wife” or “your husband will be proud of you”

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WoMeN aRe BoRn tO Be bAbY mAcHinEs

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Women are expected to be less sexual than men. They are judged as being a slut or cheap if they have casual sex whilst they are single. They are expected, by many, not to behave in that way whilst men aren’t as severely judged for doing the same thing. I think both men and women should be able to have the same romantic or sexual lives and experiences free of judgement. Women definitely shouldn’t be viewed as unladylike, cheap or anything else for behaving that way. (Neither should men, but women topic here lol)

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i have another one, this can somewhat happen and could start bullying, but some girls or men expect women to loose their v*rginity like that. Bot all women want to loose it right away.

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Here is some:

  • Being expected to listen to them even when your not interested in the topic at hand. So like this one time, some friends of ours were talking about games with me and my best friend. I got bored with the topic even though I"m a gamer and turned to my friend to talk about something else thinking they would continue their conversation between them. They looked offended by that and both me and my friend was like “what?”.

  • Thinking just because we don’t contribute to the conversation means we’re stupid or a cold a** B***h. Trust me I’ve had both terms used towards me because of this. I’m introverted and I sometimes do not like to talk on certain days at all.

  • Expected to be a romantic little puppy who will follow you around and do as you say.

  • Not liking sports means your not a normal person that men would want to be with. Yeah, I have had many people react like that.

  • Not expecting us to join in on a topic they think we don’t know anything about.

  • Annoyed when we shut down a conversation just because we aren’t in the mood for talking or engaging in socially.

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Omg those razor adverts are so hilarious. Don’t even get me started on women’s shavers being less efficient than men’s and sold for way more money, it’s the shaving bare freaking skin thing it’s so funny.

Like you can just hear the nasty scratching sound it would make as her dry *ss skin gets shredded by that dull blade

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A perfect figure- big breasts, thighs and hips.

Another reason why I hate my body.

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Bump! :orange_heart:

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