Fuck The Patriarchy
May 13, 2014 6:39 PM   Subscribe

A young woman writes about her recent senior prom
The whole situation made me feel violated, walked over and ostracized. My group of five people had to leave the prom because I stuck out, I have long legs and I was wearing a sparkly dress, I didn’t look like most of the 13-15 year old girls there, I looked like a woman. And goddamn it, I am so tired of people who abuse their power to make women feel violated and ashamed because she has an ass, or has breasts, or has long legs.
posted by urbanwhaleshark (3 comments total)

This post was deleted for the following reason: This is a shitty thing that happened, but it seems like it's also kind of just "this is a shitty thing that happened" more so than a really great basis for a front page post. -- cortex



 
from the comments "I have to admit that as soon as I saw the picture of Clare with her date, I also thought, "THIS is the real reason they threw her out."

(the couple is interracial)
posted by percor at 6:48 PM on May 13, 2014


Yeah I had the same thought, this was more about the boyfriend being black.
posted by angerbot at 6:51 PM on May 13, 2014


There's an update I just found. Her boyfriend says:
I don’t feel race played a part in all that happened Saturday night. I strongly believe they did not know we were together until the situation had already escalated.
posted by urbanwhaleshark at 6:52 PM on May 13, 2014


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