In America, women were not allowed to vote until 1920. Now there are arguments about the pay differences between men and women who hold the same job positions.

The expectations of women reaches all the way down to young girls in middle school. In as early as junior high relationships, girls are expected by males to cross out of their comfort zones. Many girls feel that things such as oral sex are a necessity to keep a relationship going. However, most would never expect to receive anything in return.

As they mature to high school and college, the expectations remain the same. Girls feel pressured to please a guy in whatever way he wishes when they are together. However, many guys feel no pressure and no need to do the same for girls.

The expectations for women everywhere are set by what the media represents. Featured in countless magazine covers, women are depicted as sleek, slender, with full breasts, a perfectly round rear and a full face of makeup. The reality is that those pictures are almost completely photoshopped, and most, if not all women never look like that.

One of the largest industries in the world, the porn industry, sets standards for what men believe intercourse should be like. The scenes portrayed expose various different acts that women described to be painful and unpleasant. In some pornographic videos, women are shamed by harsh language from the male and even physical abuse.

The women who are acting play along and show pleasure from those actions. Because of this, men’s expectations are that all women they “get with” will enjoy the same things seen in those videos.

It’s sickening to see that so many females are expected to live up to these ridiculous standards, even the insane ideas of how women are supposed to dress. The clothes that college girls are expected to wear to parties to the dress codes about yoga pants and the length of shorts, females everywhere struggle with their image because they have no clue how they are supposed to represent themselves in public.

In the end, girls are deemed “slutty” if they dress how they are expected to dress at parties, and “prude” if they cover up and say no to men. When will these expectations change? When will women finally feel comfortable showing off, or not, without being called demeaning names? The respect deserved is not the respect being received.