everything's better than your face

Cassandra, CSPH Development and Outreach Intern Summer 2012

[Part of our weekly Sex Positive Saturday series! Visit http://thecsph.tumblr.com for more, or to submit your own definitions.]

Kid: “Mom, can I sleep over at John’s place?”

Mom #1: “Oh, I don’t know, sweetie. Ask your mom.”

Kid: “Mom, can I sleep over at John’s?”

Mom #2: “I don’t know, have you asked your mom already?”

Kid praying: “Mom, can I sleep over at John’s place?”

I’m sorry

I didn’t

realise

that 

was 

a

bad

thing

so sorry

i can’t hear you

over the sound

of me crushing my enemies

was looking

a little

white

so here you go

bodies hit

tha floor

children begin to scream

tears r streaming down my face

my parents disown me and sell me to a shady, moustached man for three goats

-women being masculine

be thin

give birth

cook for you

have long hair

wear makeup

have sex with you

be feminine

be graceful

shave

diet

be fashionable

wear pink

love men

be the media’s idea of perfection

listen to your bullshit

How about you tell that to:

that Moroccan girl who killed herself after being forcibly married to her rapist (x)

that 11-year-old Texan girl who got raped by 18 men while the New York Times said she “dressed older than her age.” (x)

Reyhaneh Jabari, an Iranian woman who was tortured in jail then hanged after killing the man who was going to rape her. (x)

Nojood Al-Ali from Yemen who got divorced when she was 10. (x)

the 16-year-old girl from Ohio who got raped and filmed at a party by 2 boys, while CNN reporters talked about the bright futures of the rapists as athletes. (x)

the 94 women in Jordan who were legally married to their rapists, only in 2014. (x)

the 8-year-old girl who was married to a man 5 times her age, and died on the day of her wedding because she suffered from bleeding and uterine rupture after intercourse. (x) 

the 25 Palestinian women who were killed by either their brother or father, in order to “protect their honor” only in 2013. (x)

the 99% of Egyptian women and 90% of Yemeni women who have experienced sexual harassment (x) (x) 

A dollar on a boy’s paycheck is 79 cents on a female’s.

A man can have sex with thirty girls and be cheered by his friends and society, yet if a woman does the same, she’s labeled a whore, slut, ho, and easy, and every boy in her vicinity expects her to have sex with them too.

A man can say “I don’t want kids,” and society shrugs and doesn’t care, but if a girl says “I don’t want kids,” everybody grab a gun, we’re going to war.

A woman can wear predominantly male clothing and be applauded as cool and edgy, but a man can’t wear a dress.

A man is only a man if he is cisgender and heterosexual.

If a man says no, his man status is revoked.

If a woman says no, she’s a tease or a prude.

Men must say ‘no homo’ several times before complimenting another male, assuring society he is not a fag.

The word fag still exists.

Homosexuality is treated like ebola: a disease to cure.

You can only be gay or a lesbian, because bisexuality, pansexuality, demisexuality, asexuality and transexuality aren’t considered real sexualities.

Bisexuality is trampled upon constantly: if you’re a bi male, you’re really just gay, and if you’re a bi female, you’re really a lesbian.

Society considers you a lesbian if you cut your hair short.

Society considers you gay if you’re a male who happens to like the color pink.

Transexuals and transgenders are discriminated against because they were born with the wrong genitals.

Out of six girls will be raped.

Out of thirty-three boys will be raped.

Many people don’t believe it’s possible to rape a male.

Many people believe females are ‘out of the woods.’

Many people truly believe women belong in the kitchen.

Many people do not understand the true extent and validity of rape. (I was once told I should be raped because I stated I didn’t like Justin Bieber.)