High School students wake up in the morning and decide to plan out what they want to wear. Girls tend to worry about this routine quite a bit more than boys do. As if finding out what to wear to school is not already tricky enough, girls have to worry about dress codes. Finding shorts that are below fingertip length are harder to find and not as trendy for the average teenager. Spaghetti straps are also not welcome in the schools. Society bases these rules off of what is considered appropriate to a male’s eyes, which can become a tremendous controversy. Women’s Fashion has changed drastically over the years, back in the day our grandparent’s shorts were to the knee, now they have “booty shorts” and “soffe shorts which only come down an inch
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Girls seem to be the only ones suffering from the strict school dress codes. Being a girl I think it is unethical to make a dress code given by such a society that it is harmful to girls, bullied for being different, and teaching young boys that girls bodies are sexualized and dangerous. The dress code is harmful to young high school girls because it teaches them that they have to cover up in order for guys to leave them alone. Laura says in her article How School Dress Codes Shame Girls and Perpetuate Rape Culture, “It prepares them for college life, where as many as one in five women is sexually assaulted but society will blame and question and silence them, while perpetrators are rarely disciplined (Bates).” This sends a harmful message to those girls who are the victims. They must worry, stay carful and stick together. Being told …show more content…
Students are bullied every day for being different. Laura explains, “A transgender student said he was threatened with having his photo barred from the school yearbook simply because he chose to wear a tuxedo to prom” (Bates). Transgender students are taught that it is wrong to wear things and feel differently than other people. Schools claim that they have a “No Bully Policy.” Unfortunately, girls are bullied every day for being different and feeling the need to express themselves differently than another. Girls of all different races, from all different countries, are being taught to keep themselves hidden, covered up, and silent when it comes to the way a male treats them, especially if it is something they are wearing. Girls have the freedom of speech why not the freedom to wear what we want and stand up for being different. Anne describes the consequence of a girl in high school breaking the dress code, “…a female high school student in Florida being made to wear a "shame suit" -- oversized red sweatpants and a neon yellow shirt, both with the words "Dress code violation" written on them” (Kingston). This could be seen as a way of bulling not student to student but teacher to student. Teachers are forcing a girl to prance around school to show that what she wears is wrong. Why not take the effort to put more time into something educational instead of embarrassing a girl for expressing herself? Girls deserve to have some kind of space to figure
Girls seem to be the only ones suffering from the strict school dress codes. Being a girl I think it is unethical to make a dress code given by such a society that it is harmful to girls, bullied for being different, and teaching young boys that girls bodies are sexualized and dangerous. The dress code is harmful to young high school girls because it teaches them that they have to cover up in order for guys to leave them alone. Laura says in her article How School Dress Codes Shame Girls and Perpetuate Rape Culture, “It prepares them for college life, where as many as one in five women is sexually assaulted but society will blame and question and silence them, while perpetrators are rarely disciplined (Bates).” This sends a harmful message to those girls who are the victims. They must worry, stay carful and stick together. Being told …show more content…
Students are bullied every day for being different. Laura explains, “A transgender student said he was threatened with having his photo barred from the school yearbook simply because he chose to wear a tuxedo to prom” (Bates). Transgender students are taught that it is wrong to wear things and feel differently than other people. Schools claim that they have a “No Bully Policy.” Unfortunately, girls are bullied every day for being different and feeling the need to express themselves differently than another. Girls of all different races, from all different countries, are being taught to keep themselves hidden, covered up, and silent when it comes to the way a male treats them, especially if it is something they are wearing. Girls have the freedom of speech why not the freedom to wear what we want and stand up for being different. Anne describes the consequence of a girl in high school breaking the dress code, “…a female high school student in Florida being made to wear a "shame suit" -- oversized red sweatpants and a neon yellow shirt, both with the words "Dress code violation" written on them” (Kingston). This could be seen as a way of bulling not student to student but teacher to student. Teachers are forcing a girl to prance around school to show that what she wears is wrong. Why not take the effort to put more time into something educational instead of embarrassing a girl for expressing herself? Girls deserve to have some kind of space to figure