Hello my lovely people. I was lurking the internet (mostly Facebook) today when I came across a picture. This picture to be exact:
This picture bothered me. The first thought that came into my head was, "why is it ten things that 'girls' want?" Why not men/boys? My second thought was why did I have to include men as a separate entity?
Labels. They seem to effect us all. We see men as men and women as women instead of a human being with their own thoughts and feelings. That list should be "10 things that a person wants" (or to be precise "10 things that I want" because each individual has his/her own likes/dislikes) . Your sex should not matter. A man as well as a women can like good morning/night texts. Both sexes should always tell how much he/she loves his/her significant other. To quote Mike Miller, "labels belong on a can, not a man."
Just because you have different body parts, does not mean you have any right to treat others differently. This goes for both sexes. This also goes beyond just sexism. The issues with labels are why we have racism as well as why the LGBT community struggles with discrimination today. I will leave you with a quote from Morgan Freeman that can be used for any kind of label;
"How do we stop racism? Stop talking about it. I'm going to stop calling you a white man, and I'm going to ask you to stop calling me a black man."
Until next time,
The Secular Panda
Reference: Original Picture Located HERE
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