I Am a Feminist

I have a personal story to share. Sit back, because this is a long one. When I was in high school, toward the end of freshman year, I usually always hung around guys, didn’t really have many girl friends at that time. They were all my friends and some still are my friends till this day. But I particularly remember always hanging around this one specific guy, just because I always thought he was extremely funny, and I just like people with a sense of humor. I guess at some point during the entire year he thought I hadn’t some kind of crush on him, which I said many times that I didn’t, and started making moves on me. Some of which were really inappropriate. Making horrible jokes about how “tight” my jeans were, how he could see through my shirt, etc. I brushed it off many times because again they were “jokes” and nobody seamed to say anything against him even though they heard say things like such. So I assumed it was “okay” it wasn’t okay. I was uncomfortable, I hated it. So I started to hang out with other friends besides him, but he always found a way to stay near me somehow. I thought it would just fade away, he’ll leave me when he gets tired, but no. He didn’t get sick of bothering me. Until I had enough. One day we were at the lunch table, and he sits extremely close to me, to the point where our shoulders are brushing against each other. I didn’t want to be weird and leave, so I just sat there and continued the conversation with the rest of my friends. But then he decided to rub his hand on my tigh. (mind that we were in a lunch room with a bunch of trays) so I stood up, with my tray in hand, struck him across the face with it. I got sent to the office when I was lectured that I didn’t have to do that, that it was “Improper” yeah, I was improper, but it was totally okay for him to harass me. Ok. Seams legit. Don’t worry, my mom took care of the whole situation, and even got the head office of the school district involved. I later changed schedules and classes, so I didn’t have to cross paths with him ever again. But let this teach you something. I got in trouble for defending myself, he got a warning, I got suspended for 3 days. And this is why, I need feminism.