Debate questioning if school dress code is gender bias or not has been a controversial topic for years. Girls along with people a part of the LGBT community feel as though they are being targeted and singled out more than others. All over the United States, students are fighting back and voicing their opinion on the ordeal.
When the topic of dress code comes up, most people’s first thought is scandalous clothing usually consisting of low cut tops and short shorts. What girls are getting in trouble for, though, are pieces of clothing that most people would consider as being less revealing. Many school boards across the nation design their dress code rules for the sole purpose of not distracting other students. In most of these cases, they are …show more content…
Girls have noticed this issue and in some cases have even started fighting back. In one scenario, a group of girls in Maplewood-South Orange, New Jersey, started the hashtag, #IAmMoreThanADistraction, to call attention to their school’s dress code (Alvarez). One girl by the name of Maggie Sunseri from Versailles, Kentucky even went as far as making a documentary entitled Shame: A Documentary on School Dress Code, which consists of several interviews from Sunseri’s classmates and principle discussing the negative impacts of dress code on girls (Zhou). Many people ask though, who is really to blame: the girl or the guy? Emily, a junior from Santa Barbara, California made a point by stating that a boy will be accepted for running shirtless on a hot day for
When the topic of dress code comes up, most people’s first thought is scandalous clothing usually consisting of low cut tops and short shorts. What girls are getting in trouble for, though, are pieces of clothing that most people would consider as being less revealing. Many school boards across the nation design their dress code rules for the sole purpose of not distracting other students. In most of these cases, they are …show more content…
Girls have noticed this issue and in some cases have even started fighting back. In one scenario, a group of girls in Maplewood-South Orange, New Jersey, started the hashtag, #IAmMoreThanADistraction, to call attention to their school’s dress code (Alvarez). One girl by the name of Maggie Sunseri from Versailles, Kentucky even went as far as making a documentary entitled Shame: A Documentary on School Dress Code, which consists of several interviews from Sunseri’s classmates and principle discussing the negative impacts of dress code on girls (Zhou). Many people ask though, who is really to blame: the girl or the guy? Emily, a junior from Santa Barbara, California made a point by stating that a boy will be accepted for running shirtless on a hot day for