After Class, Skimpy Equality

From a male’s perspective, I find that the matter of women inequality is rarely spoken about in daily conversation. The only time when this topic becomes relevant is when I speak to girls about how the expectations in relationships are different between men and women. There were plenty of instances in high school where one of my girl friends will complain to me, “Why is it that when a guy hooks up with a lot of girls, he’s praised by peers. But when girls go off and hooks up with a few guys in a short period of time, she’s considered a slut. It’s not fair”. Each time I hear that it puzzles me how that standard came to be what it is today. How must that make women feel about forming relationships with other men? Do girls have to create a timely procedure when blossoming a friendship into a sexual relationship with a male? That way when a girl finally gets to engage in sexual contact, she won’t be considered a slut. Unfortunately for most girls that want to be seen in the right light amongst their friends and family, they tend to follow this rule. But I can’t speak for all women of course, because many simply don’t care what others think of them.

            In the society of affluent people that you’ll find here at Trinity, I have a feeling that many female students will choose to be conservative when engaging in sexual relationships. I’ve made this prediction because I grew up around people in a predominately wealthy town, similar to Trinity. I found that girls in my hometown hated when others thought poorly of them, and wouldn’t dare risk the chance of being known as the slut. Then again I haven’t even spent a week in college yet, my personal experiences certainly cannot back up my prediction.

            I am guilty of buying into the expectations that college will be filled with huge parties that are filled with attractive young women wearing skimpy clothing. But that’s only because college is portrayed that way in television and movies. A quote that I felt shed good light on the whole situation in the article was from the Utah student who stated, “Personally, I think that this is the time in your life when you’re most experimental. It’s the designated time to try new things and get stuff out of your system”. To me, that is the most important aspect when discussing this topic. Over analyzing this issue can be difficult when speaking about college because it’s such a overwhelming and crazy time in your life. For most it will be the last four years you won’t have to face the real world. Students are obviously going to want to party and have wild adventures. Why not take this time to learn about yourself and experiment with others?