I always remember growing up and being the one to stay home while my brother went out at night and my dad telling me, “It’s dangerous for you to be out at night so you’re not going.” I always tried explaining to him that if it was dangerous for me it was dangerous for my brother to be out as well and my father’s response was always, “Yeah, but you’re a girl and your brother is a guy so he can defend himself because he’s strong and you are not.” Growing up in a Hispanic household my parents, mostly my father, were always strict with me. They were afraid if I was to go out I would never come back home to them. But now that I am 21 years old and look back at all the things that I … [Read more...] about Females Should Not Be Sheltered