Everything you learn as a girl at Ohio State

You can always count on homeless guys to boost your confidence during your stride of pride

Women are treated differently in every aspect of life. Campus life is no different, it can sometimes even be worse than other social settings. Ohio State is not shy in showing this, whether it be professors or people around campus.

As a girl and student, here is everything you learn during your time at Ohio State.

Oval preachers are your worst nightmare

It doesn’t matter the day of the week or the outfit you wear. Any time you walk through the Oval past the preachers, they’re basically damning you to hell because you aren’t at home meeting the demands of a man. God forbid it’s a hot day and you wear shorts because they will eat you alive. Sometimes you just have to stand up to them and rip your shirt off to show you dgaf.

The people of High Street are ruthless

Whether you’re just walking to grab a bite to eat with friends or doing a stride of pride home at 8am on a Saturday, you’ve heard these guys. The ones who catcall, ask for your number and sometimes even follow you for a few blocks never don’t give up. After three years, you grow immune to it and sometimes even smile at their ridiculous comments because occasionally they’re appreciated. Especially when you’re rocking last night’s mascara as eyeliner.

You thrive at block

Free liquor, frat boys, decent music – what more could you ask for? Block is always free for the girlies so it’s perfect before going to games. Throw in some elevated surfaces and it’s almost better than Sunday brunch. Crop tops and chucks are essential for block. And as much as you say you’ll stop trashing your white high tops, they will barely be hanging on come the end of football season.

Male professors are either the best or worst

Don’t lie to yourself, because you have totally used your ‘girl card’ with a male professor during your time here. Forgot about that paper? Pull out the tears and you more than likely will get an extension. However, sometimes male professors don’t take us seriously. When debates start in class and we want our voice to be heard, we get laughed at and silenced by our male peers. We have opinions that matter and deserve to be heard.

Getting free drinks is way too easy

Not that this is something to complain about and girls everywhere know how easy this is. But it seems super easy at Ohio State’s bars. Hell, sometimes all it takes is a simple hello to the guy who’s in line for a drink ahead of you and a smile and BOOM! He’s paid for your drink and you’ve scurried off before he thinks anything more is going to happen. There are some nights where a girl can get absolutely wasted and not spend a dime because guys have bought every drink. Pro tip: the easiest guys to do this to are always at Bullwinkles.

Clothing Underground is bae

Although sometimes they can be slightly overpriced, if you want to look good on game day and have the best fanny pack you know to head here. Bleached OSU shirts have been really in and for some reason Hawaiian shirts are popular at all times of the year in Columbus and they have a ton. You never know when you’ll get invited to an islander party. Every time you walk by there you try and tell yourself you don’t need anything, yet you go in and walk out having spent $60.

Among many other things a girl will learn during her time at Ohio State, these are the ones that just about every girl has experienced at some point or another in her time here. It’s not all good, but it’s not all bad either.

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