High School Dress Codes

In Classical High School, a boy and girl are sat beside each other. Both learning. Both participating in class. Both wearing sleeveless shirts. The principal happens to walk in and asks the girl to step out of the class to speak. The girl ends up getting sent home for distracting the class. Dazed and confused, the girl asks why and the principal responds with “your shirt is distracting the boys”. Is this insulting to boys saying they get distracted by foolish things like a shoulder? Or an insult to girls making them seem like they are just sex objects that need to cover up for others sake. Many public high schools have extremely sexist dress codes. Not only is this not equal, but also keeps alive rape culture by saying girls are sluts for having shorts not reaching their fingertips. Sexist standards …show more content…
In South Carolina, a group of high school girls wore shirts that read “I am not A distraction”. The capitalized letter “a” is a reference to The Scarlet Letter, a book about a women forced to wear the letter in bright red ink to represent her adultery and other sins to the public. The high schoolers did this as they felt school dress codes unfairly aimed at them.
Completely abolishing dress codes in public schools is not necessary. I understand rules are set in so people can rationally cover up. It also keeps offensive clothing or clothes presenting profanity out of schools. What is not necessary is the bias ruling behind the dress codes. Sexist standards set in for girl’s school clothing is shockingly scandalous.
The dressing decree is public schools is dominating to men and degrading to females. The relevance of equal dress codes is to prevent girls from growing up while prioritizing what others think about what they are wearing and disregarding their own comfortability. If this current issue isn’t addressed sexism will continue being alive, and respect for women will be