Dress Code Violations

School Dress Codes and How Administrators are Enforcing Them The nature of the problem with public school dress codes is that they teach inappropriate messages and are sexist. These codes start to form the minds of the future generations of how the human body should be looked at and what affects education. The importance of these policies is to have all students be able to be properly clothed as well as, having that conduct not affect any students chance of the best education possible.
The problem is also how dress codes are enforced. The dress code should be a standard for all students regardless of gender. With that being said, all rules should be applied to every student. In many cases, female students are the only ones disciplined for violating the dress code. Recognizing that female and male students may have different attire need such as wearing a bra, the dress code can still be written in a way that applies to all students. When a female wears a shirt and their bra strap is visible, more than likely she is …show more content…
The excuse that is often heard is that "boys will be boys" or something along those lines but female students are the ones at blame. Being a student in the public school system not too long ago, I never once saw a male student go to the principal for having their pants lowered than there waist, which slowed their pace in walking and exposed inappropriate parts their bodies. However I did witness a girl's shorts be measured as well as, how many inches wide there shirt was and receive punitive measures. Training’s that address on when students are in school how to look at every student with the same concern of “Is this students attire disrupting their or any of their peers education and ability to