Strict School Dress Codes
I believe that everyone living in the United States has had their privacy invaded or freedom taken from them more than once, whether intentionally or accidentally, but it has been a greater issue still to the female population in certain cases, such as those who have been forced to submit to the unjust rules of school dress codes across the nation. Strict dress codes constrict any form of creativity for students to express themselves or reflect who they are through their garments. In one case in Woodford County, Kentucky a mother had to be pulled out of her job to go to the school and find that her daughter was in trouble for showing her collarbones.
Especially during prom, many women have had to change their attire and wear a “shame suit” …show more content…
Many students have even assembled a protest titled “show your shoulders,” similar to the passive rebellion in the 1960’s during the Vietnam War when a group of students from Des Moines wore black arm bands to protest against the war. Because the war cost so much money and too many lives, more and more students agreed that the war was not worth being involved in, and decided to join the movement. School principals soon became afraid that students might disrupt classrooms with their protests and a rule was passed that students could no longer wear black armbands or else they would be sent home and could not come back until they no longer wore them. Ignoring the Principal’s rule, five students continued to wear the armband and were threatened by everyone around them. Soon enough they were expelled but returned after Christmas break without the armbands and instead rebelled by wearing solid black. Since the students would not obey, principals decided to arrange a meeting with the school board and discuss the situation, and the school board immediately agreed that this was an issue and helped the principals enforce their rules but the students decided to take it to court and make it an official case, which they later won because they were protected by the first
Especially during prom, many women have had to change their attire and wear a “shame suit” …show more content…
Many students have even assembled a protest titled “show your shoulders,” similar to the passive rebellion in the 1960’s during the Vietnam War when a group of students from Des Moines wore black arm bands to protest against the war. Because the war cost so much money and too many lives, more and more students agreed that the war was not worth being involved in, and decided to join the movement. School principals soon became afraid that students might disrupt classrooms with their protests and a rule was passed that students could no longer wear black armbands or else they would be sent home and could not come back until they no longer wore them. Ignoring the Principal’s rule, five students continued to wear the armband and were threatened by everyone around them. Soon enough they were expelled but returned after Christmas break without the armbands and instead rebelled by wearing solid black. Since the students would not obey, principals decided to arrange a meeting with the school board and discuss the situation, and the school board immediately agreed that this was an issue and helped the principals enforce their rules but the students decided to take it to court and make it an official case, which they later won because they were protected by the first