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Why We Need To Stop Calling Girls Crazy

The word seriously needs to be banned ASAP.

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In today’s age, it seems like the word “crazy” gets tossed around in basically every other sentence, and in many different variations of contexts and circumstances.

“Wow, that party was crazy.”

“This is so crazy.”

“Did you see how crazy she was being?”

“I can’t believe that just happened, so crazy.”

However, the versatility of the word is the exact reason why it needs to stop being used in reference to girls.

The first definition that pops up when you do a Google search for the word “crazy” is this: mentally deranged, especially as manifested in a wild or aggressive way. Now a word with that strong of a denotation is just far too extreme to be used in everyday talk, particularly everyday talk about women.

It seems utterly unfair that us ladies have to endure casually being categorized as “crazy” for the simplest things. For instance, I’m sorry, but sending two texts in a row does not constitute one as crazy, nor does expecting a, “Good morning,” or, “Good night,” text from a significant other, or even…wait for it…wanting to receive gratitude for something you did. Nope, doesn’t sound like you’re mentally deranged to me.

However, for some reason, now everyone thinks that it is okay to just go around dropping that word at every chance they get. I’m not sure why, and maybe this is my biased opinion talking, but I find girls being called crazy much more frequently than boys. Being referred to as crazy makes girls feel as if they actually are (you aren’t though…shocker), which seriously takes a toll on their confidence, self-worth and outlook on life.

Ladies, you are not crazy for speaking up for yourself or for what you feel is right. You are not crazy for demanding respect. You are not crazy for having high standards. You are not crazy for overthinking every little thing (it happens to the best of us). You are not crazy for wanting everything to always go smoothly…even if you do get a little worked up trying to go that way. And you are not crazy for any other day-today thing that you might do that may seem a little “off” to others.

The word crazy is not meant as an adjective for women in their everyday lives, although it has suddenly become just that. It isn’t funny and it isn’t cute, to drop that word ever so nonchalantly when describing anyone, not just females. It’s time to stop making us feel like we actually are the wildly aggressive definition of the word “crazy,” and time to start only calling truly crazy things or situations, by that word.

So girls, you’re not crazy, I’m not crazy, he’s not crazy and she’s not crazy. We’re all just people trying to figure this life out, so do not under any circumstance, let yourself feel like something you truly are not.

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