*this is a glorified rant*

I need to start this off by saying that feminsim is the advocacy of women's rights on the political, social, and economic equality to men.

This has been twisted to mean that feminists believe that women are better than men. What it really is, is just people who believe that men and women are equal. Also the term feminist is not reserved for just women or just men, it is universal.

I am not going to apologize for the way i feel about this, and if it offends you, you can leave.

This was all brought to my mind, because of an issue at my school. It offends and angers me to the brink of tears when i think about it and issues like this.

In PE we play many sports, but that day we were playing basketball. Now what happened to follow and what got my attention is not an irregular occurrence. I was starting (playing first), and after the allotted time, we had subs who went in for some of us.

At the the time i had just gotten the ball for the first time in five minutes. The only ones who had subbed were the girls and maybe two boys, but that's it. There were only two girls on the court at any given time, one for each team.

That's what i realized, and the second i did i went and talked to the coach where it then escalated to the both of us yelling over the other, each of us trying to get our point across. She tried to excuse herself by saying that the boys were batter at being the base for the team, meaning it would be confusing to have everybody subbed at the same time, because nobody would know what team they were on.

I told her that if there were only two girls in at one time then it would only be fair that the guys got a taste of their own medicine. It took me telling her that three or four times for her to finally understand what i meant and she agreed.

When it was the time to sub the guys were thoroughly upset, but most were not as upset as one of my friends. He told me that he really loved the sport over and over, but just because he likes the sport doesn't mean he is entitled to play it more than a girl is, right? lemme answer that for you: right.

He kept telling me to shut up too, and most of the guys joined in. So i told them that they needed to stop acting so entitled, because for the girls, playing was practically a privilege.

I am not just going to let the rest of the girls in my class think that getting pushed to the side is okay. I am not at all saying that the girls should play more than the guys should, I am saying that the guys and girls should have equal opportunity.

I am the only girl who is willing to stand up for what she believes in. I almost got in trouble for saying that to my teacher, and i don't understand why. All i was doing was saying that the girls are and should be treated like we are equals.

The girls already have to worry about things that the guys don't like dress code, or even in the future's wage gap.

I can't be the only one who sees the problem in this.

The guys call me easily triggered, because I'm willing to call something out that isn't right. Somebody makes a racist joke, or a sexist joke, and I'm the only one to say something. I don't care about the label you give me; I care about the people that you're hurting with your "joke."

The picture at the top mainly refers to dress codes, which is something i am strongly against.

At my school we have to be able to "pinch an inch" in our jeans, but it can't be stretchy. To judge this the current principle will rub her index finger and thumb back and forth. This method has one main problem: it doesn't matter whether or not your jeans are so loose it's barely touching your skin because it can't pick it up.

We also can only have tank tops if they aren't too far down in the neck line and also the sleeve has to be four fingers thick.

Middle school and High school girls can't wear shorts at all, except this year we can finally wear uniform shorts.

Alright, I guess you can probably see my point now. The boy's only dress code rule is no sagging.

Equal? I think not.

One last thing, at my school last year we had a girls "seminar" where they promptly told us that our skin was sin.

Our skin is sin.

Our skin is sin.

Wow, lets just let that sink in, shall we?

Our skin is sin.

The message behind dress codes, is that boys will be boys, and girls have to cover up.

Over-sexualization, too.

Boys should be taught not to drool over a girls body before we even think about just hiding a girl's body.

Not only the fact that boys aren't covered the same way is unequal, but also the fact that before we change how boys think, we cover girls up.

I just want to wear what i feel like wearing, whether or not a boy will drool over me.

I DRESS FOR ME, NOT THEM.

I just want to live in a world, where a girl and a boy are treated equally.

Sadly, i don't see much hope for our world. That doesn't mean that i will EVER stop trying, though.

I think it's a little late for my generation, but i want to save it for the ones after us.

If i have my way, my daughter will not be brought up thinking that she has to cover herself up because her SKIN IS SIN.

SKIN IS SIN

SKIN IS SIN

I will never be pushed aside because i am a girl, but I will be saving the next generation.

I don't care if i have one follower or 4 billion followers, my belief will not change.

SKIN ISN'T SIN

SKIN ISN'T SIN

SKIN ISN'T SIN

and one day there will be a generation that is allowed to believe that.