"Some other people said because it's more common for a girl to be the ones who are cheated on and get their heart broken and since it's kind of uncommon for guys to get their hearts broken, they get pity. I still don't know why this happens." -Karen ChavezI got this quote from Karen Chavez's blog. This question has been on my mind for very long. Whenever we hear about a boy getting girls, he is always encouraged to get more or congratulated for having the game or "swag" to get those girls by hitting on them. Sometimes, it turns out that this guy is taking advantage of all the girls who had feeling for him and what does he get? A big high-five and pats on the back and automatic popularity. For what? For hurting a girl's feelings. Using her for fun, making her think that she's special, and then leisurely just dumping her with the rest of the girl's he's hurt. Yet, after all this, the only people who are hurt are the girls and they don't even get pity. All they get are comments like "I told you not to go for him." and things that basically tell them that they were stupid to like and trust a guy who they liked, someone who they wanted so much to be with. How is that even fair?
When a girl has a bunch of guys, whether flirting or not, she's a slut, automatically. What the heck? When girls get guys, they on't get a congratulation. They get hate comments and get a constant roll of people making them feel horrible about themselves. Then, when the girl plays the guys, which is obviously a wrong thing to do, they are hated by everyone, girls and guys alike, leaving that girl alone. Why is it that boys get so much glory in hurting a girl and playing them, but when a girl does it, she gets to feel the pains and consequences of what she does?
Does this mean the boys are expected to do things like this? Does that mean that in a way, girls are meant to be different from males in the ways they are supposed to act? So, there is something to do with gender that is keeping the barrier between what girls are expected and what boy are expected.
Of course, this blogpost is just my point of view, obviously, a girl's. I'm not saying I'm right to say that boys are treated better and let off easier, but from what I see this is my conclusion that I've come to.
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