Dress Coding Girls

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There are many students who are now fed up with being dress-coded. If you were to ask about twenty girls both online and in different schools, they’d probably tell you that they are tired of being dress-coded while boys aren’t. Schools not realizing the sexism that plays a huge role in dress coding girls.

It’s weird how schools don’t seem to notice that they aren’t cracking down on boys nearly as much as they do with girls. Boys could go around with their pants hanging off their waist, showing their underwear and only get an occasional “pull up your pants” but if a girl walked into school with her shoulder showing a part of their bra showing, they’ll get sent to the office. Schools always pride themselves in “treating every student the same”

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