Yesterday a new girl came to work for us as a delivery driver. We were both closing the store late at night, and with nothing to do, we started talking and getting to know each other.
This new girl proceeds to tell me that she was let go from her previous job because of one simple reason by her boss.... He told her she did not look like a girl. See when I saw her, both sides of her head had been shaved, but there was still plenty of long hair hanging down. According to her, this annoyed her old boss, who proceeded to tell her that she was not very much like a girl, and should change her appearance to appear more "feminine". She refused and got fired. I told her that was ridiculous of her manager, and that I had seen many girls with a hair style like hers. The story goes on....
She told me about a previous job where she had been a waitress. She was fat-shamed by patrons and employees alike, for she was somewhere around 280 pounds. 1 or 2 of the other girls who worked there had asked her "Why don't you lose weight? Girls aren't supposed to look like you do!" We both agreed the reason for this is simple.... A lot of people in society expect girls and women to always look sexy, and to be slim and have perfect figures. I've seen all kinds and I know this is not the case with all women. But this turned out to work in her favor, as she became motivated to lose weight, and went from 280 to 150 in about a year or two.
Myself, I am really shocked by how society expects women to be perfect. As a man, it also makes me think about how society expects us men to act like men and not act feminine in any way, shape, or form. I am glad that there are some of us brave enough to stand up and fight against society's stupid rules and expectations.