I hate the masculine ideal that men are held too. I got a LOT of shit in high school over this, back when I was obese. Guys treated me pretty bad because I was perceived as weak, and groups of them would attempt to intimidate me. I would also get hate from some women, since I was not evidently attractive enough to talk to them (even though I was non flirtatious, and only wanted to talk about something school related). This was a minority case with a few very select individuals, but it did happen, which stings at that age.
Now, the weird thing is that all of this changed after I lost about a hundred pounds and got in shape. I didn't really change as a person, so I'm forced to assume it was all physical. My freshman year of college was one of the best in my life. I had a large group of really close friends, suddenly women were approaching ME, and I was in a relationship with a nice girl. I was genuinely happy. We went on road trips. We hung out until morning. We went to parties. Life was pretty good, and I was accepted. But I'll never forget how I was disrespected in highschool because of how I looked, and, frankly, that's fucked up. People grow up, and change, and it doesn't really bother me anymore. But I do find this sad. I imagine women deal something similar, especially if they don't fit society's ideals of beauty, though the details may be different.
Otherwise, I hate the old "science and math are for boys, and art and English are for girls." I find this offensive to both genders, yet I remember teachers telling us this at a young age.
Now, the weird thing is that all of this changed after I lost about a hundred pounds and got in shape. I didn't really change as a person, so I'm forced to assume it was all physical. My freshman year of college was one of the best in my life. I had a large group of really close friends, suddenly women were approaching ME, and I was in a relationship with a nice girl. I was genuinely happy. We went on road trips. We hung out until morning. We went to parties. Life was pretty good, and I was accepted. But I'll never forget how I was disrespected in highschool because of how I looked, and, frankly, that's fucked up. People grow up, and change, and it doesn't really bother me anymore. But I do find this sad. I imagine women deal something similar, especially if they don't fit society's ideals of beauty, though the details may be different.
Otherwise, I hate the old "science and math are for boys, and art and English are for girls." I find this offensive to both genders, yet I remember teachers telling us this at a young age.