Witches VS Patriarchy

this is a dumb post.

It's interesting that in the military that is largely flipped. There's pages of rules for what facial hair is allowed, how long it can be, how far past the corner of the mouth it can be, the length of both individual hairs as well as bulk and where hair can be, one specific uniform for each occasion, nail length (kept short) with no color, and all manner of other things.

On the women's side, they get a wide variety of hairstyles (including any and all that men have), longer nails allowed, multiple shirt, pant/skirt, and shoe options for formal wear, and the rules are generally less rigidly followed.

The amount of men butthurt by the difference in standards is hilarious. It's like "oh, first time?" I guarantee they didn't make a fuss when their high school didn't allow spaghetti straps.

Shorts over bathing suits is such a weird one to me. Like... Bathing suit is fine in the water, going in to the water, getting out of the water. But you best cover that shit up for lake activities or whatever. Like what a weird line to draw.

Edit: You know what? These are all really weird. Like... No white t shirts? Are you afraid of them getting wet and maybe revealing the bathing suit they are probably wearing underneath? No two peice bathing suit? Because heaven forbid you show off the most sexual part of the body - the stomach? Like... That's the difference between a one peice and a two piece, right? The stomach? The back? Maybe it's to reduce the chance of a "wardrobe malfunction"?

I dont know.

The funny things about the boys rules is that they mostly boil down to "don't let us catch you looking too much like a girl" but also "don't let us catch you looking too much like an adult man, either"

No long hair. But also no facial hair.

No piercings. No visible tattoos. Nothing that might look like a weapon (including combs, heavy shoes, and tshirts with pictures of guns on them).

No eyeliner or hairspray or jewelry. Nothing too punk but also nothing too fruity. Absolutely nothing that might be scary looking. Or drug affiliated. Or queer.

Heaven fucking help you if you look queer. Summer camps hate that.

As someone who was abused, it's always the girl's fault. Just existing is enough. This is especially reinforced in Christian and camp circles, because one of the first stories you learn is all sin started with Eve, and women are why we're all damned.

Men are tempted, women are tempters – that's how it's always been.

Boys also aren't allowed to wear bikinis, and their swimsuits are (usually) shorts already.

No white Tees is BS though.

However, without context, I would hazard a guess that the summer camp has a religious affiliation (most do). My YMCA affiliated summer camp required that all campers attend chapel on Sunday. I "learned" the "hard way" that not participating at chapel was "punished" by being sent to the cafeteria to play games and eat extra breakfast with the non-christian staffers.

As once a boy & now a man. It's simple. Be embarrassed. This applies to any form of sexuality or gender.

I've been fit for my entire life and wished it wouldn't be weird for me to wear a T-shirt while swimming.

There's always more than two sides. That's why I don't flip coins, I roll dice.

Just in case the President of the United States wanders into camp.

American prudishness is weird as fuck.

Maybe if we didn't divide people by sex and assign gender norms from birth we would learn how to interact before puberty without sexual objectification. It would make navigating teenage years a lot easier if we started than with a gender/sex diverse social group opposed to the current default being through the lens of objectification.

This is for a kids summer camp? Who is the no white T-shirt rule for, the camp staff?