Girls Getting Feed Up With School Dress Codes By Maureen Downey

For my Argument Text Analysis, I choose the essay “Girls getting fed up with school dress codes that treat them as distractions” by Maureen Downey. This essay is about how girls are required to wear certain things to school for the reason that certain things are “distracting”. How girls are kept from their education since they are sent home for the things they wear. The writer is trying to persuade the reader that girls shouldn’t be required to wear certain things because the boys can’t control themselves. The girls’ consequence is that they are sent home, which isn’t fair to keep them from their education. Downey also tries to persuade the reader that what a girl wears should be up to her and the parents. As Downey states in the essay “You may not like it, but freedom to dress as we choose is firmly embedded in American culture now”. This seems to be a …show more content…
For an example, Downey says “girls will have a sub-conscious thought in her mind that tells her that she should be ashamed of her body” she wants you to have sympathy for the girls as they are being told to wear certain things they feel that there’s something wrong with their bodies. I believe that Downey’s argument was very respectful as well as convincing. The essay gave noble reasoning and evidence on the topic. Downey connected with the audience emotionally, who has been through a situation where they were punished or offended as of what she was wearing. There is some weakness in the essay, I believe that she could have talked a little more about the other side of the argument. My stance on females being punished and judge on what they wear is the same as Downey’s. I think that all female should be able to wear whatever they please to school and not be punished. Yes some things shouldn’t be worn, however girls should be comfortable with what she has on. Why should girls get sent home and miss out on their education because boys can’t control their