A Study of Love (and alcohol)

A Study of Love (and alcohol)

Yes, I really am taking a class called "A Study of Love". You should really take it if you find a chance. Anyway, today we were discussing spring break and all those people that run off to exotic places to get drunk and be whores and all that fun stuff. I felt a bit out of place, being that A. i'm not going anywhere but work over spring break, and B. i am straightedge.
A. Who really has the time/money to go somewhere over spring break? I had a hard enough time fitting in time to go to Target to get a sponge this week, let alone go on a fuckin vacation. When i hear "spring break", my initial thought is "YES! more time for work! more money!" NOT "yay drunk time!" I can't afford to go somewhere for spring break!! I have more important things to worry about, like rent and food.
B. Being sxe is difficult at this age. Not difficult because I have trouble fulfilling it, because i don't and never have, its just the other people that ridicule you for not filling your body with poison every chance you can. I'm being ridiculed for not drinking and smoking and being a whore, who'da thunk? It's not even that i'm sxe, its that i am just too classy to put myself in a situation where i am out of control and putting myself out there to be taken advantage of. I am too much of a lady to purposely put myself in that position just so i have some sort of "excuse" to be completely obnoxiously wild. So what if i don't want to behave like a trashy, vomit-in-the-hair slut? Isn't that a good thing? Now you know i don't have herpes. Or is that what we're looking for on spring break? Cause all these "who can have sex with the most girls" contests that guys have could also be called "how many STDs can i contract in one night"
"Ok guys, this week's std is syphalis, GO!" Yeah, right.

So listening to all these girls talk about how its fun to get drunk and have an "excuse" for your behaviour is simply embarrassing. For them and for me, to have to sit there and be unintentionally wrapped up in that stereotype (it wouldn't be a stereotype if it didn't have truth so i'm not saying it's not true for a lot of women; it's just not true for me). My teacher asked, "what makes women do that?" and nobody had an answer. Every girl immediately turned it around to blame the men. "Well the guys do the same thing, why aren't we asking them"
Ok, girls, first of all, unless someone slipped you a rufie, you weren't physically forced to down 10 shots and dance on the table without a shirt on. No man made you do that, you did that on your own will and choice. You want equality? Stop blaming males, blame yourself. You can't say "oh it was a man's influence" because that is just proving that we aren't equal, if you aren't willing to take responsibility and ownership of your own actions. It's nobody's fault but your own, not even peer pressure's. You have a brain. Use it. The excuse "well, everyone else was doing it" just isn't an excuse to sacrifice your dignity. This isn't Brave New World. We're a bit more evolved than the lemmings, so grow up and own your actions.

I have to go to class now.