Loud: Accept Nothing Less Than the Life You Deserve

by Drew Afualo

Unfortunately, women are willing to pretend to be this girl, because when you’re brainwashed by the patriarchy, being “cool” is the greatest compliment you can receive from a man. It’s almost regarded as a badge of honor, or a crumb of validation we’re meant to not only live off of, but continue to chase. Because that one word implies everything a girl “shouldn’t” be: jealous (just because she wants assurance from her partner), demanding (just because she doesn’t let her partner always prioritize hangouts with “the boys” over doing housework or spending time as a couple), hysterical (just because she’s rightfully angry about discovering that he’s been sliding into other girls’ DMs)—aka, you know, just logical reactions. But then again, the very definition of misogyny is that men don’t see women as deserving bare-minimum respect.

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