In the United States, over half of the schools (private and public) have some kind of dress code set in place. Many people think that dress code is unnecessary and many are pro-dress code. I have found that the standard dress code has (for the most part) been interpreted negatively. Dress codes are set in place to prevent distractions from one student to another and to prevent students from wearing inappropriate clothing that puts off bad images about themselves.
Although most students should take it upon themselves to dress accordingly, many do not and that is why dress code has become such a hot topic. The basic dress code of most public schools (for girls) is closed toed shoes, pants/shorts no shorter than knee length, no spaghetti straps, halter tops, tube tops, low cut, or crop tops. Hair color must not be distracting and no make up that is “unnecessarily heavy”. Basically stripping away every form of expressing ourselves, which they oh so strive to make a comfortable idea. …show more content…
But i do see where girls appearance is monitored a great bit more than boys appearance. I think that is because girls have more of a range in types of clothing and school systems just don't know how to go about it. A High School took a survey and recorded 118 girls and 111 boys who participated in the survey, 64 percent of girls claimed that they had been written up for violating the dress code, but only 12 percent of boys were written up. The survey showed that boys were given 40 dress code write up slips, mainly because of displaying gang-related or explicit messages. Meanwhile, girls reported 178 write up slips, and 153 of them were because of shorts
Although most students should take it upon themselves to dress accordingly, many do not and that is why dress code has become such a hot topic. The basic dress code of most public schools (for girls) is closed toed shoes, pants/shorts no shorter than knee length, no spaghetti straps, halter tops, tube tops, low cut, or crop tops. Hair color must not be distracting and no make up that is “unnecessarily heavy”. Basically stripping away every form of expressing ourselves, which they oh so strive to make a comfortable idea. …show more content…
But i do see where girls appearance is monitored a great bit more than boys appearance. I think that is because girls have more of a range in types of clothing and school systems just don't know how to go about it. A High School took a survey and recorded 118 girls and 111 boys who participated in the survey, 64 percent of girls claimed that they had been written up for violating the dress code, but only 12 percent of boys were written up. The survey showed that boys were given 40 dress code write up slips, mainly because of displaying gang-related or explicit messages. Meanwhile, girls reported 178 write up slips, and 153 of them were because of shorts