The over sexualization of women is prevalent in pop culture and social media.

When I was in high school the dress code was strict for girls, however boys could get away with just about anything.Girls weren’t allowed to show shoulders, stomachs, wear skirts shorter than their knees, or even have holes in their jeans.

Girls weren’t allowed to show shoulders, stomachs or wear skirts shorter than their knees.

Before certain sporting events we would have ‘spirit weeks’ where we would dress up to show support to the team playing. One of the spirit days was gender swap, girls would dress up like boys and boys would dress up like girls.

Boys would wear crop tops and it would be perfectly fine, but if a girl’s pants sagged she would be sent to the office. Girls weren’t even allowed to wear crop tops on normal school days, but boys could in order to be funny on a spirit day.

I was raised in a religious family and my pastor and his family would often throw pool parties. The boys could wear whatever they wanted, they could probably show up in a speedo if they wanted.

Girl’s weren’t allowed to wear anything that showed their stomachs, because that would be distracting for the boys. If a girl showed up in a bikini she would have to put on one of my pastors oversized t-shirts.

An old man can ride around town on a bicycle shirtless and it’s okay but if an older woman rode around town on a bicycle wearing a bikini top it’s almost guaranteed she’s going to get honked at, stared at and yelled at. Everything could be the same, age, weight, bike, but the one thing that’s going to be noticed is their sex.

If girls have sex with multiple people they’re called sluts, if guys have sex with multiple people they’re looked upon highly by other guys. Two people doing the exact same thing except for one person it’s right and the other it’s wrong, purely because of their gender.

Last week on Fox’s Sports Court there was a segment where they debated whether or not female athletes participating in the Olympics should wear makeup. The decision was unanimous as the men decided part of the women’s responsibilities as televised athletes was to look sexy.

Here are women that made it to the Olympics purely on their hard work and athletic talent and now they’re getting told that’s not enough. If you’re a woman it doesn’t matter how good you are at something if you don’t have the looks to back it up.

Men and women have never been looked upon as equals, ever since the beginning of time men have been the dominant sex. Until the unfairness is realized by everyone, nothing will change.