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Girls, Stop Shaming Girls For Getting Cheated On

Time to learn how to be there for the broken-hearted, instead of bashing her.

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I must say, as a society who is really pressing feminism currently, the females in this society aren't exactly being fair to one another. Let's forget about girls shaming each other for their body types and their physical possessions. Instead, let's focus in on something that has burned me since the very beginning of time - girls shaming girls for their unfaithful boyfriends.

I'm a big believer of girl code. I believe that your friend should always be honest with you about the clothing choices you want to buy. I believe that your best friend should not try to go out with the boy you've been crushing on for a year (and the crush was widely known.) I believe that when a girl's boyfriend is trying to cheat on her with you, you should tell the girl instead of blowing up her spot publicly.

I constantly see on Facebook girls putting up statuses saying things about other girls and how their boyfriends are 'all up in their DMs.' These girls are also the same girls who preach about how they can't find a loyal man nowadays.

Ladies, I'm gonna let you in on a little secret. In order to get respect, you need to give it. And clearly you don't know how to give respect. It might be seem silly but guys mirror off the way you treat your female peers. As Tina Fey once said in the iconic movie Mean Girls, you need to stop calling each other sluts and whores because then it just makes it okay for guys to call you sluts and whores. The same goes for respect. If they see that you're not respecting one another, then they'll believe they don't have to respect you either.

If a guy sees you giving the girl a hard time instead of the guy, it automatically makes him believe his behavior is excusable and acceptable. It makes him believe that he can get away with his actions without any repercussions because his girl is already the one being looked at to be the fool. Does that seem fair to you? Does that seem right? That a boy is unfaithful to his girl and someone she's the one to blame?

I want you to think if the situation were different. I want you to imagine that you're in this loving relationship with the man of your dreams. I want you to imagine that you love this boy so much that you hope to marry him one day. Sounds perfect, doesn't it? Now I want you to imagine finding out that the love your life doesn't believe your the love of his life. I want you to imagine finding out that for the past few months, he's been sleeping with one of his female friends - you know, the one he told you not to worry about. I want you to imagine your heart sinking into your chest and forcing you to collapse on the floor into a ball in hysterics. I want you to imagine questioning your worth because you weren't good enough and questioning every single action you've ever made and beating on yourself left and right.

Now imagine another girl posting online bragging about how the love of your life was hitting her up to get some, and she laughed at you publicly about how foolish you are for not even knowing.

It's not so funny anymore, is it?

Stop shaming girls for things they're unaware of and for things they couldn't see coming. Stop shaming girls for trusting and loving somebody only to get destroyed in the end. Stop shaming girls for getting cheated on.

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