A few weeks ago I started to see different guys on my Facebook friends list share a link to an article titled “Why Girls Should Stop Wearing High-Waisted Shorts.”

The article frustrated me. Who is this guy to tell me and other females we’re not pleasing him with our fashion choices?

The article’s comments on high-waisted shorts included: “they remind me of my grandmother,” “they’re ugly, and your homemade pair is even worse!” — and best of all — “only supermodels look good in them” (but I thought the point of the article was to tell ALL girls to stop wearing them?).

The man who wrote the article is telling women what they should and shouldn’t wear, but what he doesn’t understand is that what a woman puts on her body is not his decision. He can have an opinion, but strictly telling a woman what she can and cannot wear is not right.

When I wake up and dress myself in the morning, I don’t look into my closet and decide what to wear based on whether or not someone of the opposite sex is going to like it on me.

A guy friend once told me that “high-waisted shorts look like mom jeans.” I have also been told high-waisted shorts make me look like I am wearing a diaper.

But of all the summer fashion trends, this one in particular is my favorite.

When girls search their closet for their outfit of the day, they like to dress not only well, but in something that makes them happy. Some women may choose to wear outfits that cover less skin, but the outfit a woman wears is entirely her choice, and the men she encounters shouldn’t objectify or criticize her because she wanted to wear a crop top with high-waisted shorts.

Women dress for themselves. We dress to look good and to feel confident in what we have on. We dress for each other. We don’t dress for the sleazeball at the bar who is trying to talk to us even though we have made it clear we don’t want to give him the time of day.

I have heard disagreement about the fashion choices girls make from different guy friends. Some said high-waisted shorts are cute, while others complained “the shorts make the best assets on a girl disappear.”

Those who believe that men have a say in what a woman wears are wrong.

Sure, most men aren’t claiming to be fashionistas, but there are more than a few guys at odds with fashion walking around campus in crew socks and Nike slip-ons. Their lack of fashion knowledge gives them no right to judge the latest trends.

I am a woman who does not dress to impress my male acquaintances. What I choose to wear is my decision. I buy the clothes I do because they make me feel happy and confident about myself and that is how every woman should feel.

Meagan Beck is a State News reporter. Reach her at mbeck@statenews.com.