First off let me explain, we are not doing this to show off our bodies, we are doing this to be us. We walk around being sexualized non stop, if you’re a girl and you show too much thigh you’ll be forced to call your parents (or family members\legal guardians) to bring you a different pair of pants. If you have ripped jeans on they gets tapped (btw guys it ruins them). Some of our parents are spending $50 on a pair of jeans that y’all are just ruining! Also, what about the people who can’t afford to buy their kids another pair of jeans? Oh, and if you didn’t know leggings under your jeans is actually bad for your skin, causes break outs for some women. Now on to the topic of leggings, they cover our entire legs.. We can’t wear them because they are “too tight”. You realize most girls are wearing SKINNY jeans, they are 100% tighter and uncomfortable. We walk around feeling insecure about our bodies because you teach us to hide it because we “distract” the boys. I’m sorry to tell you this but we are not the problem! We want to be treated like you treat the boys. I walk around the hallways seeing boys in shorts showing their whole thigh but if a girl did it we get treated like we are “inappropriate”. Sometimes it’s even some type of slut shaming. We are young women just starting to realize who we are and you are slowly ruining us and allowing the normalization of rape culture. Want an explanation of that? You are saying that if we show off our thighs, shoulders, chest, stomach we will “distract” the boys but in reality most boys aren’t distracted by it.. are we really distracting them? Or are we distracting the grown men that work with teenagers? Or the weirdos? We don’t need your protection. We are independent women who (most in this case) have an army standing behind them that will not stand to this. Let us be us. Let us be comfortable. We are not objects. We are not yours to ruin.