I totally relate to this particular portion of the article: "So these girls flaunted their knobby knees for a night. So what?! Before you whimper that female bodies are “distracting” to other students, do you know what I found distracting when I was their age? All the prepubescent boys who sat in the bleachers with their knees splayed, presenting their crotches to passersby like it was tribute. And the guys who were shirtless within seconds of setting foot on the kickball field, as if wearing an And1 cotton t-shirt was really going to hold them back. And the boys who paraded around the hallways with their Adidas snap pants torn away to the thigh, their pale calves peeking out like crescent moons on cloudy nights, the unsnapped polyester flapping behind their legs like capes. Okay, my references may not be current but, unlike this mom, I haven’t been walking around local middle schools, acting as if I were the puritanical Scott Schuman of the “What’s Happening To Me?” set." Also, this bit: "The onus shouldn’t be on women to guard our “virtue” from manly men who “can’t help” but be seduced by our supple bare ankles." thejanedough/being-creepy-about-teen-girls-outfits-says-way-more-about-you-than-it-does-about-teenage-girls/
Posted on: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 21:51:35 +0000
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