My Nipples are Out, Respect Me.

Today was one of those days where your body feels tight and my solution was to not were a bra, I decided to wear a soft fabric jumpsuit that makes any stressful day comfortable.

I went about my normal Mondays running errands and getting stuff done for the Beginning of the week. I stopped at T.J. Maxx ( my favorite store besides target) and I looked around grab a couple of things that I needed and then I head over to pay.

While being in the line waiting to get checked out I felt a energy that was looking at me and it was making me feel uncomfortable like never before. To the point that I was afraid of looking back. All I knew was that it was a man behind me because he was talking out loud on the phone.

I felt uncomfortable because I could feel him starting at my body. This takes me to the argument of women should be able to dress comfortably without having a man stare at them to the point where they make every woman feel uncomfortable.

Life has a way of teaching us lessons but one of them that never surprises me is the fear of someone hurting you (as a woman) because you decided to not wear a bra. ( more respect for the ladies guys). I’m not saying that every man is the same and that every woman is the same but there should be a control factor when it comes down to looking at a woman for what she’s wearing.

I sometimes wonder would those same men like if a different man looked at their daughters the same way they look at other woman, or yet would those same men enjoy someone looking and making there wife, mother, girlfriend feel uncomfortable?

I doubt that they would be okay with it. All I wanted to say with this blog post is that I am a woman, a daughter, a girlfriend, and a granddaughter to someone. Respecting me and other women is like respecting all the important women in their life.

My body doesn’t call for your attention by body is my body and it calls for respect.

Xo,

– Michelle Ramirez