In today's day and age, you would expect things to be, well, perfect. Wrong. In today's society, women are fighting for nearly all the rights that they were in the early 1900s. Gender inequality refers to the treatment one might receive based on their gender. Women are often treated as inferior compared to men, and it's been this way for hundreds of years. In a world where mostly men are in charge, it's getting a little hard to get the rights we need. First and foremost; why is this happening? The reason is because of ignorant people, mostly men, are afraid of a little thing called feminism. Feminism is "the advocacy of women’s rights on the grounds of political, social, and economic equality to men" (Oxford Dictionary). Why in the world
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The dress code problem has become a widely argued topic across schools, communities, and especially girls. A large majority of girls believe that their school's dress code is inappropriately ruled and hardly ever enforced on boys. In an article titled "The Sexism of School Dress Codes" by Li Zhou, many middle school girls were interviewed to share their opinion on this topic. “I’ve never seen a boy called out for his attire even though they also break the rules,” says Maggie Sunseri, a student from a Kentucky middle school. It's true, boys walk around in muscle tank tops with half their sides hanging out or their pants sagging down low and not get in trouble, but why? If the rules for dress code apply to all genders, how come only females are the ones getting busted for it? Most schools blame their rules for dress code on the "boys will be boys" thing. When you tell girls that they can't wear the clothes they want because a boy might not be able to control himself creates some confusion. So is it a girls fault if she gets assaulted? If she does get assaulted will she be the one getting in trouble? Is that what our schools are telling us? By using the "boys will be boys" excuse boys are learning at an early age that they will get away with this type of stuff. Not to mention that phrase is an example of rape culture. Rape culture is "a setting in which rape is pervasive and normalized due to societal attitudes about gender and sexuality." Dress codes should be gender neutral, period. Schools need to cut it out with the "boys will be boys" stuff, it makes them look like they think sexual assault is
The dress code problem has become a widely argued topic across schools, communities, and especially girls. A large majority of girls believe that their school's dress code is inappropriately ruled and hardly ever enforced on boys. In an article titled "The Sexism of School Dress Codes" by Li Zhou, many middle school girls were interviewed to share their opinion on this topic. “I’ve never seen a boy called out for his attire even though they also break the rules,” says Maggie Sunseri, a student from a Kentucky middle school. It's true, boys walk around in muscle tank tops with half their sides hanging out or their pants sagging down low and not get in trouble, but why? If the rules for dress code apply to all genders, how come only females are the ones getting busted for it? Most schools blame their rules for dress code on the "boys will be boys" thing. When you tell girls that they can't wear the clothes they want because a boy might not be able to control himself creates some confusion. So is it a girls fault if she gets assaulted? If she does get assaulted will she be the one getting in trouble? Is that what our schools are telling us? By using the "boys will be boys" excuse boys are learning at an early age that they will get away with this type of stuff. Not to mention that phrase is an example of rape culture. Rape culture is "a setting in which rape is pervasive and normalized due to societal attitudes about gender and sexuality." Dress codes should be gender neutral, period. Schools need to cut it out with the "boys will be boys" stuff, it makes them look like they think sexual assault is