WARNING: This blog is very long.

WARNING: This blog is very long.

I don't normally partake in "gender equality" conversations (because they don't really approve anything and people can be nasty about it) but something that always bothered me growing up as a woman is that the adults are always protective when it comes to the girls. I'm talking about topics like sex or puberty. These days, most people want to tell their little girls about their periods right before their 12th birthday and teach them safe sex when they're around 13-16. But here's the thing: most men I've talk to say they learned about that kinda stuff when they were about 10 y.o, 8 at the youngest. And a lot of women I met didn't learn anything until their early teen years. It's the same thing with other things like curfews. Girls always seemed to have early curfews like 8 pm, while boys can stay out at 9 or even 10. Some of you out there may tell me "They're only protective because they don't want their daughters to sleep around or getting pregnant at a young age." Yes. I get that, but 1: If your daughter IS sleeping around especially unprotected, that's more of the lack of educating her on safe sex and 2: Boys can be just as promiscuous and get someone pregnant.

"What kind of parent teaches their son about sex at age 8?!" No. What I ment was parents are very restrictive when it comes to their daughters but don't bother to do the same with their sons. This doesn't mean they're neglective, I think it's because they're not worried about them getting pregnant.

"This is ridiculous. Of course I would apply the same rules to my sons as I do to my daughters. It's common sense." And you know what, that's awesome but I was born and raised in the south. That means a lot of my parents and elders are very traditional, meaning that they believe in things like women always tend to the house and should have dinner ready by the time their husband gets home, boys should never hit girls, etc. This doesn't mean they're uptight or sexist, that's just the way they grew up and don't know any other life. That why I wanted to write this because I know there are other people who grew up like this.

"So, what's your point?" My S.O and I came to an agreement that our daughters should have as much freedom as our sons or our sons should have the same restrictions as our daughters. And of course we would teach them the important details about growing up. What do you think? Am I right about all this or am I thinking too much about something that doesn't matter?