“ ¿ Why don't you just express yourlself and go out to the streets with the mini skirts you love?”. This is a question that leave me thinking a lot of sociologycal topics for a while. At first hand I thought: "is not that easy, is not that I don`t love my skirt, is not that I don`t believe in freedom, is not that I don`t want to express myself is just, I must confess, I am afraid."
Yes,
Guatemala is not the safest place to go out at night, walking in a mini shorts
in the streets of the center, and I am not talking about a vulgar outfit, just
imagine a gorgeous pair of hot pants with a very feminine touch, with anything
sexual implied. Still, is not the perfect place to display this kind of
outfits, the possibilities of any kind of sexual harassment-or worst- are huge.
Those who
know me can tell that I am not conservative about clothing, I just wear what I feel
I got to but I must admit, I got a huge problem with this pieces that can have
a wrong interpretation.
I talked
with a friend about this, I was frustrated because I love the shorts so much
but I couldn't wear them in almost any situation in here, I was afraid to be a
blank for sick people, to be seen in a bad way, not because I was doing
something wrong, just because the people minds need something to change.
Machismo. Such and awful expression. This is why my
paranoia begins. The “man” is seeing as the owner of any woman he likes, he can
treat her as he likes, that is so damn wrong but why is this so hard to
understand? I know, Guatemala is not the worst place to be a woman.. but
almost, we are constantly silenced by those who think that we should shut up,
dress nice and find a man, but man himself want that?
I don`t
like to talk about feminism because I think this is not exactly the topic. I
want to talk not only about girls who want to wear something freely on the
streets but also for those guys, everybody who is not allowed to be themselves just
because society thinks is “wrong”.
I also
wanted to explain that the reason why I don`t wear the shorts is not because they
look bad, is because the eyes of society are making this experience
uncomfortable and for some weird reason is harder to me to ignore this
thoughts. I applaud all the girls who wear whatever the fuck they want to, especially
those with difficult circumstances like mine. After writing this I think that I should wear
those shorts tomorrow, what do you think?
Anything offensive about this picture, right?
-With this I also try to explain myself for those who are wondering why I defend something but not doing it, is not that simple, I believe in dress with freedom, but I also think that we regulate ourselves because we got something in our humanity telling us to act in a certain situation ( call it concience, morality or common sense). Also, I don`t think is an obligation to act and wear in a certain way to defend a social statement related with clothing-
The thing is, we got a lot of things to change, we got a lot of walls to break, and the time to start is now. Which is going to be our first step?
The thing is, we got a lot of things to change, we got a lot of walls to break, and the time to start is now. Which is going to be our first step?
