“Boys will be boys” is a frequently used phrase – but no one ever really talks about how girls will be girls.
Girls are taught at a young age how to get what they want. We are told that when boys are mean, they like us. We are told that being pretty will get you pretty far in life. So do your hair, put on your make up, and always look your best. We are taught that we hold a special power over men – you just have to figure it out.
And although we are still often treated as the lesser sex, we do hold a lot of power. A lot of us have learned to harness that power in order to not be the lesser sex.
Yet the boys that will be boys are always the ones that are called out for playing games. For being a player, a bad guy, a phony.
But we all do it – girls just do it in a trickier way.
We don’t openly go around flirting with others and cheating on people and flaunting our power – we do it slyly. We gain all our power through quiet games instead of loud movements.
It’s exhausting though, to always feel you have to be a certain way to get the attention you need. To be constantly playing games because it’s our only chance of survival. Guys play games for fun – we play them just to even the playing field.
Whether you know it or not – you’re probably a player. Any time you’re trying to level yourself out by upping your game and being someone other than yourself to get what you want – you’re being a player. It may not be a bad thing, because it may be necessary. But just remember your true self is great, too, and when you get tired of playing you can just be yourself.
Girls may play
During the day
Or night
To the delight
Of men,
Who, when a girl doth flirt
In a short skirt
Should be alert
For she will get her way
Whatever men may, to the contrary say …!
(This was, I hasten to add written with my tongue firmly in my cheek).
Girls may play
During the day
Or night
To the delight
Of men,
Who, when a girl doth flirt
In a short skirt
Should be alert
For she will get her way
Whatever men may, to the contrary say …!
(This was, I hasten to add written with my tongue firmly in my cheek).
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haha we can’t help but get our way 🙂
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Damn this post…. Its so perfect. wow
And yes you are right.. right from beginning we are taught how to get our ways
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Thank you! For the longest time I didn’t even see it in myself since I’ve been doing it my whole life
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Yes! and now it feel strange knowing that i have manipulated people.
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Same!!
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Do you think it’s the natural order of things or that girls and boys should be taught differently from a young age?
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I just think it’s a part of the gender inequality that we experience, it’s our subconscious way of making up for the gap! Sorry I didn’t answer until now – your message went to spam 😦
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Someone else said my messages were going to spam too. Weird.
That’s a great answer. Something to think about for sure.
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I wish we could all just be ourselves at all times. It really would be a hell of a lot less exhausting. I really appreciate what you wrote here.
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Thank you! It gets to the point where we begin to just morph into that exhausting fake self it’s really sad
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Good point. Never thought of it that way before. But very true, ‘feminine Wiles,’ lol.
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great post!
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Thanks 🙂
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So true!
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🙂
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Boys will be boys is a thing I never encountered as a boy myself. I guess I was either raised different or perhaps I was way too nerdy to ever let that be a thing in my life. Anyway I think people need to be people and respect one another. I hope I made sense here.
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I agree – it would be a better world if we all didn’t feel the need to be a different version of ourselves
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