An old man told a girl I knew that her dress was too short even though the fabric reached her knees
When my classmate rose her hand more than they liked, our peers would call her a know it all
Boys would cat call the girls wearing shorts and tank tops and mock the girls wearing anything else if it didn’t please them
She was told to shut up, she was told she was wrong, when her opinion held truths they couldn’t yet face
Over and over again we are told to shrink. They tell us to quiet our voices. To make ourselves as small as we possibly can because who wants to hear our opinions anyway –
Stand up.
Rise up.
Grow taller than the tallest mountain
Reach the clouds and when you do
Scream
Open your mouth and let every word you have kept suppressed tumble out and fall at the feet of all those who said you were too fragile
Too small
Too much of a girl
to do great things
-CM
A Kinda Pretty Mess 
Splendid post…. I agree with you and it angers me everytime I actually witness this or read it in a book. The “girl being fragile” theme is in many books and what writers don’t understand is that readers relate to books so it’s better to encourage women and girl power than to make spicy stories, people who are creative will be able to create the spice in either case
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Thank you for your input! The powerful female lead is such an important character, and one we unfortunately don’t see very often. Strong female characters are very important for young girls finding their voices in a world that does so much to suppress it.
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