Henslin: On Becoming Female

Ever Wonder why females are always so conscious of their appearance? It's because we are raised to present ourselves in a certain way. In my culture, we were raised to believe that long black hair was the epitome of elegance and beauty. In some culture, females are raised to think that showing too much skin is bad; others, on the other hand, were raised to believe that being a good female is to obey their husbands. 

We were raised to believe that we will always need a man in our lives because we won't be able to do many things without them. We were raised to learn how to maintain our appearance and our temper so that our significant other wouldn't cheat on us. If our partners do happen to cheat, it would be our fault for not satisfying him. 

We as females look at other females with envy because their appearance is superior to ours. Why do we think this way? Because society had influenced us so much about how we should look that it made us forget how to be happy and how to accept the way we are.