Sick of being shamed for wearing shorts!!

This is less of question, more of a rant because my day has honestly been ruined by this. Feel free to comment your experiences/opinions.

I decided today to wear shorts and a high neck sleeveless top which, similar to what I've been wearing for the past 2 weeks since it is very hot (which we're all aware of). All that was on show were my arms and legs.

I've had multiple comments today about my shorts (pictured), how they are "too short", "revealing", the can see my "cheeky bits", how I'm "asking for it" by wearing them and that I can't complain if guys harass/perv on me etc.

I find it extremely frustrating as I am simply dressing for the weather, for my comfort and MYSELF, and I still struggle to understand why people cannot accept that my body is a body - not an object for them to constantly criticise. If a man decides to take his shirt off in hot weather, no-one bats an eye - but OH MY GOD a woman in shorts! How dare she???

I have experienced serious harassment from men in the past, none of these situations had any correlation with how much skin I had on show. For example, in the middle of winter I was waiting for my bus to work. I was fully dressed in boots, jeans, a raincoat, hat and scarf and yet still a man advanced on me, ignored my multiple rejections and tried to follow me to work. I was f*cking terrified.

Why do we still have to deal with this kind of attitude?

This is less of question, more of a rant because my day has honestly been ruined by this. Feel free to comment your experiences/opinions.

I decided today to wear shorts and a high neck sleeveless top which, similar to what I've been wearing for the past 2 weeks since it is very hot (which we're all aware of). All that was on show were my arms and legs.

I've had multiple comments today about my shorts (pictured), how they are "too short", "revealing", the can see my "cheeky bits", how I'm "asking for it" by wearing them and that I can't complain if guys harass/perv on me etc.

I find it extremely frustrating as I am simply dressing for the weather, for my comfort and MYSELF, and I still struggle to understand why people cannot accept that my body is a body - not an object for them to constantly criticise. If a man decides to take his shirt off in hot weather, no-one bats an eye - but OH MY GOD a woman in shorts! How dare she???

I have experienced serious harassment from men in the past, none of these situations had any correlation with how much skin I had on show. For example, in the middle of winter I was waiting for my bus to work. I was fully dressed in boots, jeans, a raincoat, hat and scarf and yet still a man advanced on me, ignored my multiple rejections and tried to follow me to work. I was f*cking terrified.

Why do we still have to deal with this kind of attitude?

This is less of question, more of a rant because my day has honestly been ruined by this. Feel free to comment your experiences/opinions.

I decided today to wear shorts and a high neck sleeveless top which, similar to what I've been wearing for the past 2 weeks since it is very hot (which we're all aware of). All that was on show were my arms and legs.

I've had multiple comments today about my shorts (pictured), how they are "too short", "revealing", the can see my "cheeky bits", how I'm "asking for it" by wearing them and that I can't complain if guys harass/perv on me etc.

I find it extremely frustrating as I am simply dressing for the weather, for my comfort and MYSELF, and I still struggle to understand why people cannot accept that my body is a body - not an object for them to constantly criticise. If a man decides to take his shirt off in hot weather, no-one bats an eye - but OH MY GOD a woman in shorts! How dare she???

I have experienced serious harassment from men in the past, none of these situations had any correlation with how much skin I had on show. For example, in the middle of winter I was waiting for my bus to work. I was fully dressed in boots, jeans, a raincoat, hat and scarf and yet still a man advanced on me, ignored my multiple rejections and tried to follow me to work. I was f*cking terrified.

Why do we still have to deal with this kind of attitude?

Girl, get over yourself.

If your legs are on show, you will get comments from people, mostly men. I'm not saying you should stop wearing them but you need to understand that these things attract attention and some people won't keep their thoughts to themselves regardless of whether you are comfortable in your attire.

I can relate to this. Those shorts aren't even that short btw. I've got a few pairs shorter than that & have been wearing them with sleeveless tops- for comfort because it's been so warm & have had a few comments & creepy looks over the last few weeks. I don't even wear sleeveless tops that much- I've got a birthmark on my upper arm that I'm quite self conscious about so I prefer long sleeves most of the time.
I also wear skirts with bare legs a lot of the time. I haven't worn tights since I was about 12/13, I used to get a lot of skin irritation/ eczema on my legs & found tights made it flare up. Also around the same time my legs started really growing- I've still got long legs in proportion to the rest of my body & found it hard to get trousers that look right on me so I just adopted short skirts & bare legs as my go to look. It still is, although I'll have to say the skirts I usually wear now aren't as short as some of the things I used to & my taste in footwear has improved considerably In most weather I'll be wearing a long sleeved top or sweater, jacket & boots so its not like I'm showing a massive amount of flesh. OK it stands out from the crowd & I can accept its going to attract some looks but I really don't like it when some guys feel they have the right to stare at me or make comments about my legs. I've also had a few similar experiences when I have been wearing jeans so its not just down to what I'm wearing.
One incident a few months back, I was on a train with a friend. I was in the seat nearest the aisle & there was a guy across from us just staring at my bare thighs, not even attempting to be subtle about it. My friend was wearing jeans & we made a point of standing up & switching places & me putting my bag over the top of my legs to make it obvious we'd noticed what he was doing. He then suddenly looked away & started looking at his phone making a very unconvincing attempt to seem like he hadn't been doing anything.

Girl, get over yourself.

If your legs are on show, you will get comments from people, mostly men. I'm not saying you should stop wearing them but you need to understand that these things attract attention and some people won't keep their thoughts to themselves regardless of whether you are comfortable in your attire.

I apologise on behalf of men.

This is less of question, more of a rant because my day has honestly been ruined by this. Feel free to comment your experiences/opinions.

I decided today to wear shorts and a high neck sleeveless top which, similar to what I've been wearing for the past 2 weeks since it is very hot (which we're all aware of). All that was on show were my arms and legs.

I've had multiple comments today about my shorts (pictured), how they are "too short", "revealing", the can see my "cheeky bits", how I'm "asking for it" by wearing them and that I can't complain if guys harass/perv on me etc.

I find it extremely frustrating as I am simply dressing for the weather, for my comfort and MYSELF, and I still struggle to understand why people cannot accept that my body is a body - not an object for them to constantly criticise. If a man decides to take his shirt off in hot weather, no-one bats an eye - but OH MY GOD a woman in shorts! How dare she???

I have experienced serious harassment from men in the past, none of these situations had any correlation with how much skin I had on show. For example, in the middle of winter I was waiting for my bus to work. I was fully dressed in boots, jeans, a raincoat, hat and scarf and yet still a man advanced on me, ignored my multiple rejections and tried to follow me to work. I was f*cking terrified.

Why do we still have to deal with this kind of attitude?

Yeah I am similar to you, I'm also tall and my legs are awkwardly long. I've always been self-conscious but I'm working on it.
I understand people will look and most of the time I couldn't care less, but multiple unwanted comments in one day gets on my nerves and it really does take a toll.

you call that short? who's saying this crap to you?

Girl, get over yourself.

If your legs are on show, you will get comments from people, mostly men. I'm not saying you should stop wearing them but you need to understand that these things attract attention and some people won't keep their thoughts to themselves regardless of whether you are comfortable in your attire.