Post by browngirldreaming on Sept 15, 2017 18:45:05 GMT
Hey guys! Thank you for reading...
Let's just get straight to the point shall we?
My parents are incredibly sexist. I am an Indian girl, 15 years old and I live in Dubai, U.A.E. Recently we went to India on vacation. My mom keeps telling me about how I cannot wear sleeveless clothes to the temple as they are 'inappropiate'. But tell me how is it inappropriate when the priest and half of the male-devotees are shirtless and nobody cares? My mom tells me that it I can wear whatever the hell I want as long as I can defend myself from men who might cat-call me as long as I can fight back. She says that I shouldnt come home crying because something could have possibly happened. Almost everything my family says is sexist. How are we women not allowed to go to the temple when we are menstruating? That makes absolutely no sense to me. At this point I have a very bad relationship with my mom and dad. They keep saying just wait until you are 18 and then you can do whatever you want. But that isn't the whole point. No human being should be sexist. It simply isn't fair. I mean they were raised like that an all but still...
So do any of you have any advice as to what I could possibly do because I am absolutely clueless right now. I just keeping fighting and arguing and I dont want it to be that way.
Let's just get straight to the point shall we?
My parents are incredibly sexist. I am an Indian girl, 15 years old and I live in Dubai, U.A.E. Recently we went to India on vacation. My mom keeps telling me about how I cannot wear sleeveless clothes to the temple as they are 'inappropiate'. But tell me how is it inappropriate when the priest and half of the male-devotees are shirtless and nobody cares? My mom tells me that it I can wear whatever the hell I want as long as I can defend myself from men who might cat-call me as long as I can fight back. She says that I shouldnt come home crying because something could have possibly happened. Almost everything my family says is sexist. How are we women not allowed to go to the temple when we are menstruating? That makes absolutely no sense to me. At this point I have a very bad relationship with my mom and dad. They keep saying just wait until you are 18 and then you can do whatever you want. But that isn't the whole point. No human being should be sexist. It simply isn't fair. I mean they were raised like that an all but still...
So do any of you have any advice as to what I could possibly do because I am absolutely clueless right now. I just keeping fighting and arguing and I dont want it to be that way.