The Importance Of Dress Codes In Schools

Ever since school was created it had always been important to dress nicely and appropriately for and better learning environment. Most schools require uniforms to help this issue. But schools that don’t have uniforms usually have dress codes instead. Schools usually bans tank tops or shorts because they are seen as inappropriate. But there are dress codes in many school that can be seen as sexist and shames mostly girls for it. When schools have dress codes they usually have dress codes for boys and girls. But the dress codes for girls are always much more strict. The dress codes for girls are usually no leggings or sweatpants, tank tops, shorts, undergarments showing, or skirts that are shorter than fingertip length. But for boys for boys the dress codes are something like no baggy pants or inappropriate shirts. And most of the time they don’t get into much trouble for wearing something against the dress code like girls do.
Sometime when girls break any of the rules they would get a much harsher punishment than if boys break the rules. Girls can be taken out of class, sent home, or even suspended. And it's not just for clothes or for girls, some girls can be suspended for they way there head is. A 11 year old girl in Colorado was suspended for shaving her head to support her best friend with cancer, a african american 12 year old girl is Florida
And sometimes when a girl is assaulted at school by a boy she could get into trouble and get blamed for what happened to her because of what she was wearing. A high school girl in Virginia was even kicked out of her senior prom because female chaperones said that the dad chaperons were to distracted by the length of her dress and the way she danced. Even though her dress was below her fingertips and she says she wasn’t even dancing when they told her to