Things Every Woman Experiences Every Day That Men Never Have To Deal With

Women deal with a lot of sexism and unfair treatment on a daily basis. It's one thing to hear this and accept it as generally true, and it's another entirely to live the experience. Guys can say they sympathize with you when you get catcalled or when someone calls you names for the way you dress, but they really don't know what it feels like because it's not a burden they have to face every day of their lives. Walking down a street or getting your morning brew can be a strenuous and emotionally taxing process.

Every advertisement. Almost every major advertisement features a stereotypically hot woman with scant to zero clothing next to their product. What does this have to do with anything having to do with the product? Most likely nothing, you're just using the female body to dangle it in front of men like meat.

Forced to see everything through the eyes of a man. Going through life, it becomes inescapable that everything is seen and done through a male point of view. Even the way women view themselves is filtered through the eyes of men until they eventually learn how to break themselves of the enforced habit.

Catcalling. No, it's not a compliment, it's a disruptive, annoying, and ever-present problem. You just want to walk to work or to your friend's house in peace, think about your life or your day or when your favorite TV show is coming back, when that silence is broken by the yells of grown men who don't know how to control themselves. You feel constant eyes watching.

I just want to go out and look nice. Sometimes, you want to dress up! If you're going out to a nice restaurant or bar with your friends or to a show, you want to look good! Maybe you want to pick up a date later, but maybe you just want to feel good about yourself and rock your new dress. But you can't do that without being subject to a thousand stares and murmurs.

Not being heard. Women are often not heard, whether by their own family or by their coworkers. Many men blatantly ignore a woman's voice, even if it has something important to say. If a man made the same insightful statement, however, they would be listened to.

Knowing that society doesn't see you as equal. The worst part is even if you know that you are equal to anyone and everyone else on this planet, society doesn't see you that way. How many times do celebrity athletes and musicians commit domestic violence against their wives and not get proper punishment? How many states does a woman not have the right to make choices about her own body in? How many rapes go under the radar?

Fangirl. Dealing with anti-fem rhetoric is part of a woman's daily life. So many words in our language that have bad connotations are female-oriented. If a girl is really into a band, she's dubbed a crazy fangirl. If a guy is really into the same band, he's just a dude. The same goes for words like "whore" – there really is no male equivalent that exists with the same negative connotation. You have to invent one (i.e. "man-whore").

Everyone is talking about your body all the time. Even if you are a woman who loves her body and is body positive, you may not have always been that way. Or, you may be body positive and confident but you still have to hear about the entire world and the media talking about women's bodies with intense scrutiny that they don't give to males. In politics, you hear people discuss what to do with your body and how the law should handle you.

Having to take extra precautions. Guys have the luxury of being able to go out and generally not worry or care too much about where they're going or what they're doing or wearing. Women don't. When a woman goes out, she has to think about a lot of things. "Is it dark out? If it is, do I have a weapon on me just in case? I should keep one earbud in and one out while I'm listening to music to be aware of my surroundings in case a man decides to sneak up on me." The list is endless.

Getting beeped at by truck drivers. When you're walking down the street and a loud angry BEEP comes your way, it can startle you beyond belief. Even if it doesn't scare you, the noise is at the very least obnoxious. Men in moving vehicles need to calm themselves and use the horn when there's traffic, not a woman.

It's summer, why can't I just wear shorts and have you be quiet? When it's summer and it's 100 degrees out, a woman understandably does not want to wear a parka. Shorts and a shirt are much more comfortable, but who amongst us hasn't gotten hollered and screamed at by men for showing too much skin? Ask any woman and she'll most likely tell you a stranger has called her a slut at least once.

The blame is on you for showing off your body. Every girl knows the problem of growing up all too well. When you start growing into your body, teachers and parents start telling you what you can and cannot wear. "It will provoke the boys," they say. Uh, so teach your boys not to be a**hats?

Getting stuck in conversations with strange men. The scenario of getting stuck sitting next to a creep on a bus is very real and very common. You're sitting there, minding your own business, and then a guy plops down next to you and incessantly tries to flirt with you and make small talk for the duration of your ride. How about leave me alone?

Can I just get my g*****n coffee please? Even getting your daily coffee in the morning can be an ordeal when the cashier at your nearest shop has to make sexual remarks to you every time you come in. Even if they have the best intentions and are actually nice people, if they call you "sweetie" or "baby" after every sentence it's annoying and infantilizing. A grown a** women doesn't need that.

Objectified. One final lesson: This is an object, a woman is not. Can you see the difference? Because a lot of people don't. Study up and see if you can figure out what the difference is between an object and a human being. We'll wait.