Liberated from the male gaze

and, may I add, fucking finally

It was a subtle shift at first, as many shifts are. About a year ago, I began noticing that I didn’t get checked out by men nearly as much as I used to. I have a couple of younger female friends, and I couldn’t help but observe that if we went out together, they’d get gawked at and I wouldn’t.

I clearly remember being bemused but also curious about this…