Imani J. : 2014

The Impact

By Imani Johnson - December 14, 2014

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Female Energy

By Imani Johnson - November 07, 2014

Feminist (adj): advocating social, political, legal, and economic rights to women equal to those of men

Since I haven't had much experience in the political, legal or economic aspects of feminism I am going to be focusing more on the social.

Why am I a Feminist?

Why when walking to school on 2 different occasions I was honked at by a car?

Why when I wear something semi-revealing I get gawked at by the opposite and same sex?

How come when I make a sexual joke it's a big deal?

How come when I see others girls talking to multiple boys they are considered hoes?

Why does the school dress code seemed to be specifically targeted at girls?

What I go through or have seen...

I am walking down the street to school in some leggings and an over-sized shirt and a car honks at me, no, it is not a compliment.

If I am feeling confident enough in myself that day that I want to wear a mini skirt or I want to show a little cleavage it is not an invitation to stare at me, it is not an invitation to harass me about it and say "OOOOO IMANI SHOWING OFF HER TITTIES TODAY!!!" or "LOOK AT THEM LONG LEGS! *touches my legs and tries to pull down my skirt*"

Or I say something perverted and everyone just stares blankly, then whispers to their friends, "What did she just say?" "Ewww, she is so nasty, she must be a freak."

Or a girl one day is talking to one guy and the next talking to another, some of my friends would say, "She a hoe, she with a different nigga everyday." "She probably suck dick."

My school dress code is skirts and shorts fingertip length, no shoulders showing, no back showing, no see through shirts (even with a tank top), no showing midriff, no holes in the pants at the thigh, when wearing leggings your butt must be covered

What guys go through...

You never really hear about a guy being honked at and if they do I am not a guy so I don't know how they feel about it.

A guy has his shirt off, does get stared at, then begins to flex and show off his muscles while people do continue to stare but say nothing to him directly just whisper to their friends, "You see that guy over their he is sexy and dat body doe!"

A guy says something perverted the whole entire class laughs as if Kevin Hart told a joke.

A guy talks to a girl one day and another the next, other guys would be like "Man he probably hitting both of them bitches, I aint mad at him." Girls would say, " OMG he is such a player! *two days later one of the girls is talking to that same guy*"

Guys dress code: No sagging, no shirts without sleeves

Although woman have made many social advancements in society from where we were at, these things still continue and until society realizes that it's okay for woman to be sexual beings and it's not okay for someone to make judgments on woman and to make a big deal about it because of what they where. Until the education system realizes that its dress code is sexist. Until woman realize that it is not fair and they deserve better. Until men realize that these things are not okay to do or say.

I am going to remain a feminist

and when feminist men and woman unite and take a stand against these inequalities I am going to be among them.

What do you think? Are you a Feminist? Has any of these things happened to you or have you seen it?