Why Do People Sexualize Every Interaction Between a Girl and a Man?

She helped a man who was being mistreated at home, and he eventually convinced himself that she fancied him. An aunt once suspected she wanted to “collect” her husband. Then, after losing weight in boarding school, people concluded she must have had an abortion, despite her being a virgin.These experiences raise a bigger question: why are young girls so often viewed through a romantic or sexual lens?