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18 Things Girls Hear While Growing Up That Boys Just DON’T!

Mar 3, 2017

Being a girl or a woman in the Indian society is quite challenging. If you are a woman, then you can recall a number of things which your parents and society says to you but not your brother. In every family, every girl faces discrimination to some extent. It is not necessary that parents are discriminatory, but our surroundings make them over cautious. This is because they want their daughter to be safe and secure all the time.

Here are 18 things which girls hear while growing up that boys don’t:

When a girl enters the sweet 16:

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When a girl is eligible for marriage, because she is 21:

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When a girl is 27 and not married, pressurise them even more: 

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When a girl is 35 she better be a mother:

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