I HATE number 4 with a burning passion. I never verbally said that I identified as a woman, and its come to my realisation lately that I am actually non-binary, it's taken a while to come to this realisation - but finally I'm happy with identifying as non-binary. 😊

Number 5 I also hate, it's factually untrue and adds onto rape culture. With statements like... : "She was wearing a short skirt, so she asked for it" "He got laid by his teacher" (when a male victim/survivor of sexual assualt speaks up about it).

But the one I hate most of all is number 7. It reinforces the warped and messed up idea that women are just "baby-incubators" and don't have feelings and are reduced to objects, without any thought to the person inside the human body, because - yes women have varying different personalities and ambitions like men.

I'm still told "when you get married and have kids....". Ugh. True, I might be able to lure in some poor sucker one day but I have no plans to put a ring on it and certainly won't be pushing one out, thank you!

The 'boys only want one thing' and 'you're wearing that?' are bad ways to say these but they need to be said - I'm not vilifying men or anything, and I wish we weren't sexualised at such a young age (regardless of how revealing our clothing is) but unfortunately when I was 13 and got cat called I wasn't as prepared to deal with the situation as I am now as a 21 year old. I was trying to wear the most revealing clothing at all time and my mum would stop me, but in a way that hasn't changed how I am now! Instead she told me that people often misinterpret someone's clothing as consent and that it wouldn't be my fault at all but to avoid those types of situations I should cover up a little bit more. Just because you have a mindset that is 'revealing clothing doesn't mean consent' doesn't mean everyone else has that mindset unfortunately.

I'm wondering how we can teach clothing appropriateness without body shaming. For example, "no sweetie we don't wear a snowsuit to the beach" should be the same as "we don't wear a 2" short skirt to the office." Not because there is anything wrong with wearing either, but because there is a place for each.

"There's no even that suddenly makes you an adult..."? Actually, yes, there is. Biologically-speaking, that is technically called "puberty." Holy gods.

I agree that what you wear does not imply consent or invite any given behaviour, but I also know that with a smart phone in every pocket, a revealing outfit on a minor can easily be photographed and used in an exploitative way online, without consent and potentially without even the subject's awareness.

'Gender is determined by personal preferences.' Seriously? Like what, an innate preference for pink over blue?

Instead of "Girls are catty", how about "hurt people hurt people".

Our grandmother's had it made. We have the shit end of the stick.

I don't know how they turned 3 to be sexist against women and not men but....