A story of short skirts and double standards.
“Being looked up and down
by your form tutor every morning to see if the length of your skirt and the amount of make-up you were wearing was appropriate and modest enough.�
“A t m y s e c o n d a r y s c h o o l , six formers were told they couldn't go around in shorts without tights in the summer because male teacher couldn't avert their eyes and it was called "distracting."
“Being told that I shouldn't be wearing that skirt, as it makes the male teaches uncomfortable�
When I was around 7, me and my friends were on the school bus, we were arse, I didn’t think much of it at the time because I was so young I just kin
“A t e a c h e r at my school agreed with a classmate that one of my friends had sexy legs when we were 14�
e messing around and winding up the driver, as we got off he slapped my nd of laughed along.
“The catcall 14, especial our school u comments in part is the f your cheeks they've man although as be sexualisi
ing started when I was around lly if my friends and I were in uniform. We could receive 4 or 5 n that 15 minute walk. The worst flush that rises up your neck on to and the realisation that somehow naged to make you feel ashamed middle aged man they should not i n g c h i l d r e n .”
“I remember one break time some of my male class mates held me down “jokingly” and pulled up my trousers and started stroking my legs, the worst thing was I didn’t feel like they were doing anything wrong I just felt embarrassed because I hadn’t s h a v e i n a f e w d a y s .”
“A t s e c o n d a r y s c h o o l I r e m e m b e r b e i n classmates as supposedly a complime HOT because I was really weird. As if valued in any way, and that it manag 1 3 y e a r o l d p e r s o n a l i t y.�
ng told countless times by male ent that it was a good thing that I was suddenly I had to be attractive to be ed to counter balance my not so sexy
“A t a g e 1 4 , a b o y i n o u r c l a s s would pretend to be taking a photo of us, but he'd zoom in on our skirts/chest. Everyone thought it was funny and I felt weird about it but I was too young to understand why, so I just laughed along” “When did you start growing tits they are massive. (Turns to another classmate) Oi look a t h e r j u g g s w a a y y. - Ye a r 8 ”
“In year 11 our head teacher used to beautiful blondes every time he passe
call me and my friends the 3 most e d u s .�
“In year 9 we used to get off the bus and walk through the woods home as a shortcut, but we had to stop doing this after seeing 3 different men on different days masturbating as we walked past. Clearly had chosen to do this at a time when girls were walking home f r o m s c h o o l .�
“I remember being really confused because I was being catcalled by men and groped by my class mates and this made me feel really uncomfortable, yet I had desires and I masturbated but
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