Stereotypes In Clothing

When I was a kid, I used to wear skirts or dresses only. My mom always bought me skirts or dresses because she thought wearing them looks cuter and girly on me than wearing pants, and I also liked to wear skirts more than pants. As a result, I was always wearing skirts or dresses in my childhood picture, and my closet was full of that kind of clothes as well. In addition, my mom used to tell me that I should be looking girlish and pretty because I am a girl, and that was why she liked me to wear skirts or dresses. The conflict about my clothes was not a big deal at all when I was a kid, but it became stressful to me after a few years later, and it leads me to change my thoughts about my fashion style. One time that I learned how resolve an

I did not want to wear pants just because of their conversation, and it was hard to change my gender stereotype in clothing as well. Moreover, if I started wearing pants, I was sure that I would feel discomfort and being boyish. Since I heard from my mom during such a long time that girls should wear skirts because of looking cute and feminine, it caused me to change my thought about the fashion styles. Nevertheless, I decided to tell my mom that I want to buy pants, and she was surprised and asked me why I have changed my mind, but I did not say anything about what I heard from the classmates in school since I did not want her to be worried about me. My mom and I went shopping together and started choosing which pants would be pretty on me. After buying several pants, I started wearing them, but I felt discomfort in the first day. However, my parents and some of my classmates told me that wearing pants looks nice on me, which makes me have more confidence and helps me change my thought about the fashion styles. I realized that wearing pants looks pretty and nice just as wearing skirts or dresses and also realized that even though I wear pants or shorts, I still look nice. In addition, I learned that I did not have to wear skirts for looking feminine or girlish, and the clothing is not able to represent or conclude my personality as well as my appearance, so I decided to wear whatever I like to wear regardless of my gender. I was also able to fix my bad habit, which is I tended to consider as a tomboy if a girl was wearing pants, but I started not judging people with their outfit because many girls who wear pants were not a tomboy or boyish in my