comparing sexes

I walked outside into the sunlight. The construction workers outside my apartment had taken off their shirts, and I stared at them and thought that they reeked of manliness. They looked back at me - me with my lace tights, dove blue sailor dress and white high-heeled shoes with velvet shoestrings. As I walked away with my curly hair blowing in the wind, I felt like I was the epitome of what it means to be female in this society.