"you cant, because you're a GIRL"

I do not have a link or anything to talk about, but I would like to voice the inspiration I have just recieved. Before this class, I was not aware of the many things that feminists stand up for. Now that I have a better understanding, I am looking at the world differently and noticing things that need to be spoken on. Some of these things are very small, but I do see sexism within them. Take for example, my parents. I am a twin, and we are fraternal. He is allowed to do a lot of things. In high school I was never able to go to house parties, yet he was. Whenever I asked why he was able to, they would say "because he is a boy, and can protect himself." Now that I think about that, that is completely sexists. I am capable of doing the exact same things he can. In fact, I often think that I am stronger than him. For four years, my high school life was surrounded around the fact that I was a female. I was not allowed to go to prom after parties until I had an actual boyfriend, I was not able to go to a party unless there was a male in our group. My parents were afraid that I would get date raped. As if a boy in our group, would be giving all his attention to me rather than to the party. As if that one guy had his eye on my cup every second of the night. My parents said that they were trying to "protect" me but honestly, they were not letting me stand up for myself. Now that I know a lot about the feminist movement, a lot of things are being brought to my attention. A lot of things that I never payed any mind to, and just obeyed. I am not going to consider myself a feminists, because there are a lot of wrong things in this world, some very huge like wage gaps, and other things.