Dress Codes: Sexist? One of the greatest things that America is known for is the diversity we face on a daily basis in society. Everywhere we go, there are people with different skin tones, hair color, eye color, so on and so forth. However, what America is also known for is the tension that comes along with having such a diverse society. Although tensions, whether it be between gender or races have depleted, it is not to be ignored that some still exist today. In fact, some are even evident in the school systems. Dress codes, a topic that has spurred conversations throughout the nation, is increasingly becoming more and more controversial. There is a fine line between fairness and favoring the other side, aiming more towards the female population
…show more content…
Almost a 10 to 1 ratio. Dress codes within school systems have been implemented over generations, but more and more throughout the years it has become gender-biased. How so? When asked the reason as to why there is a dress code you would get the same answer repeatedly; “It poses as a distraction.” What distraction? The “distraction” that girls have on boys? Although it is inevitable that boys have no control their hormones (specific circumstances) why should girls have to pay the price for that? Yes, it is necessary that girls represent themselves in public, even at school, in the most modest way possible, and by modest; shorts that do not reveal their entire buttocks, and shirts that do not show too much cleavage nor see-through. Dress codes are a way of posing the male population as “weak”, unable to be held responsible for their inappropriate actions, so who is to take the blame? Women. Without noticing, schools are introducing (similarly) the mindset of the ever-so sensitive, rape-culture, needless to say. In rape culture too often are the females blamed, as if they were asking for it. “What was she wearing?”, “The way she was dressed urged him to take such actions” In no way possible does the way a woman dresses should be the “culprit” of an animalistic males actions, so therefore, is this something to
Almost a 10 to 1 ratio. Dress codes within school systems have been implemented over generations, but more and more throughout the years it has become gender-biased. How so? When asked the reason as to why there is a dress code you would get the same answer repeatedly; “It poses as a distraction.” What distraction? The “distraction” that girls have on boys? Although it is inevitable that boys have no control their hormones (specific circumstances) why should girls have to pay the price for that? Yes, it is necessary that girls represent themselves in public, even at school, in the most modest way possible, and by modest; shorts that do not reveal their entire buttocks, and shirts that do not show too much cleavage nor see-through. Dress codes are a way of posing the male population as “weak”, unable to be held responsible for their inappropriate actions, so who is to take the blame? Women. Without noticing, schools are introducing (similarly) the mindset of the ever-so sensitive, rape-culture, needless to say. In rape culture too often are the females blamed, as if they were asking for it. “What was she wearing?”, “The way she was dressed urged him to take such actions” In no way possible does the way a woman dresses should be the “culprit” of an animalistic males actions, so therefore, is this something to