Dress codes in middle/high schools need to be changed to be made more reasonable. Dress code standards are set for girls to dress in ways that will not distract the boys from learning. For them to be dressed appropriately, they need to follow specific guidelines on what is acceptable and what is not. For example, how wide their shirt straps are or how long their shorts are. How is that fair to the girls? Is a boy’s education more important than a girl’s education? Should girls have to wake up every morning and worry about getting taken out of class, or missing class because she decided she was going to show her shoulder? The answer to all these questions is no. Almost all the rules that are set into a school’s dress code are related to how a girl should dress. One of them is that a girl’s shorts or skirts should be no shorter than their fingertips when their arms are by their sides. I understand that no one should be walking around with their private areas showing, but taller girls are at a disadvantage to this rule. A taller girl has longer arms than a girl that is shorter. Therefore, they must find shorts that are long enough to reach their fingertips. At that point, the shorts aren’t shorts, they’re considered to be capris because they don’t make shorts that are that …show more content…
Girls should not have to worry about how many rules they make break when they get dressed in the morning. They shouldn’t have to be worried that they’re going to be taken out of class just because they aren’t following every guideline set for them. A boy’s education should not be a priority either. Boy’s don’t get their education taken away due to the dress code, so why should a girl have to give up her education because she decided that she was going to wear a tank top that wasn’t quite three fingertips but maybe only two? The dress codes need to be updated to be less restricting, and less focused on how females need to be
In the 2015 article on The Atlantic on The Sexism of School Dress Codes, stating that "Many of these protests have criticized the dress codes as sexist in that they unfairly target girls by body-shaming and blaming them for promoting sexual harassment. Documented cases show female students being chastised by school officials, sent home, or barred from attending events like prom." (Zhou, l.) There are more dress code policies for the females compared to the males. For example, girls should not use backless shirts, no spaghetti tops, no crop-tops that exposes the stomach, no short shorts, no miniskirts, etc. Boys on the other hand have no specific dress code policies. Dress codes may come off as sexist for women and they get insulted by it. An article on the problem with dress code from The Daily Princetonian stating "- women are policed so that they are no longer distracting to men, while men, if policed at all, are never told to change for the benefit of the opposite sex. The most prominent example that comes to mind when thinking of male-specific supplements to dress codes relates to sagging pants, an urban trend where pants are worn low to expose many inches worth of boxers. Efforts to ban these practices have never once mentioned how visible boxers would tortuously distract nearby females. Rather, they focus on visible underwear being inappropriate for a learning or work environment.", based on that article, dress codes seem to be a little too specific on what girls should or should not be allowed to wear, while boys only have a few dress code policies to worry
Girls dress code is very strict and unfair. Dress codes are a problem to girls. Girls are becoming ashamed of what they look like. Oklahoma can get very hot during the spring, summer, and even the fall. Girls have to wear long pants while boys can wear shorts and tank tops. Girls are being targeted by teachers and making them feel like sexual objects, not people. The school staff shouldn't feel comfortable telling girls what they can and cannot wear to school. Most kids don't even want to be at school, don't make it worse by telling them the way they dress is a distraction! Making sure boys are focused, learning and not being distracted by what they wear should not be a girl's top priority. School dress codes can be derogatory and very unfair.
Schools should change their dress code to one where it is equally enforced and doesn't make their students uncomfortable. Schools should make their dress codes fair to everyone attending school. They shouldn't make their
"Oh my gosh! Her shoulder is showing!" "I can see her knee caps." Sound familiar? Well, if you went to a public school with a strict dress code, then it was heard quite often. Strict dress codes go beyond the typical length of shorts or tee-shirts. Now-a-day, girls are targeted with inappropriate words just because of certain parts of their bodies showing or because of how a material is made. For example, if a girl's shirt slightly shows her shoulder, some schools will send her home because it is supposedly "distracting" for the male students. It is absolutely insane because nothing that she is wearing is inappropriate. Although some dress code is required, the codes that are established today should not be as strictly written as they are. People that support strict dress codes are wrong because the clothes are not to blame for academic performances, and the clothing that is worn is a personal way of expressing their style and make choices.
Recently, in Hickory Ridge High School in Harrisburg, North Carolina, a senior student stood up for herself when her principal said her shirt violated the school's dress code. The shirt was long sleeves and dipped down, showing her collarbones the slightest bit. The principal demanded for her to put on a jacket so she did so, but the principal wasn’t satisfied.
The school dress code against girls has been unremarkably sexist. The basis of our dress code is on what keeps guys focused. If my thigh is showing the guy next to me won’t be able to concentrate. We have been taught from a young age that we have to morphe ourselves to be able to create a good learning environment for guys. This has given guys the right to think that when we wear shorts or tank-top we are allowing them to cat-call us and that we are putting ourselves out there for them.
We see stories Social media has more stories of girls being sent home because of dress code violations. Maybe the problem isn’t the students, but dress codes in general. Dress codes ultimately disrupt the pursuit of knowledge for the students, encourage gender bias, and can be dangerous. If we want the younger generations to succeed in the education system, we should utilize school uniforms. Uniforms in schools from elementary to high schools, will promote gender equality and facilitate student safety.
Dress codes themself are no question about it sexist. The majority of the rules are directed towards women. There is no reason why girls should not be able to wear tank tops when it is 90 degrees outside! Yes it's showing more skin than normal but having to wear a cotton polo in that heat is monstrous. I totally agree with this and they schools should be way more lenient on what they address.
All around the world there are dress codes everywhere. From work to school, the mall and museums. The purpose of dress codes are to keep the workplace professional and friendly. In some places because of religious beliefs, you can only go to certain areas if all of the skin on your body is covered up. Dress codes are there for a reason and have a very good purpose. It would be awfully weird to see your teacher in a bathing suit wouldn’t it be? Dress codes help keep the environment you are in comfortable and professional. Schools have a big issue with dress codes, and it seems to be pointed directly towards females in a lot of cases. Dress codes tend to put the blame on the victim, sexulize young women and dress codes can even interrupt a students learning. But how can
I feel that school dress codes mainly focus on women. Anyone, male or female will know that any dress code is made to help, but when they are only aimed at women it’s not okay. We have to fit within the tight boundaries of the dress code, not able to express ourselves. It’s almost like the Renaissance. We just gave life a restart, and found this lump of creativity. I feel that we should give the dress code a restart.
48% of schools have a moderate dress code in the U.S. We think most schools should utilize this system because it is the most well rounded and developed. School dress codes right now let students express themselves without affecting other students or distracting other students and we shouldn’t change it. If we changed the dress code, we would cause an unbalanced school environment. School dress codes should enforce safety, prepare students for professionalism in the workplace,
When children are in elementary school, they do not have to worry about most dress code rules. They can wear shorts that come above their knees and tank tops that are not the length of three fingers. When we reach middle school, teachers make you start wearing shorts that come to your knees and short sleeve shirts. Most children at this age don't really think much of this until they move into the 8th and 9th grade. Dress codes are becoming too strict for students, especially girls.
Do you ever think that schools are too strict on what kids where to school? Some of your classmates might like to wear torn jeans or different type of clothing, but the can't express themselves if they aren't able to wear the clothes they want. Isn't it crazy how quickly you can get dress coded. Some schools require a specific color for 90% of all school uniforms tops and bottoms. A school uniform wardrobe consists of about 13 items: four tops,four bottoms, four pairs of socks, tights and other accessories. I think that schools should not have dress code, kids should be allowed to wear something that expresses them and not forced to wear uniforms
Each year, more than 160 kids are suspended for dress code. Numerous of the suspensions were from tank tops, or leggings. Majority of the students suspended are females. Does that just seem inconvenient, or is it gender injustice? In addition to, most write ups and detentions come from dress code violations. This is a problem because most of the students are wearing comfortable clothing such as tank tops on hot days and young women wearing leggings. Students should not have to change just because their schoolmates are immature. In middle school, the maturity of the student is debatable, however in high school there should be a change in maturity. The dress code should be changed because it does not allow self-expression, shames the woman’s
Do you like wearing sweat pants or leggings? Because of dress code in schools students are restricted from wearing things like sweatpants, leggings and many athletic clothes. Restricting students from choice of dress is taking away students right of freedom of expression.To understand dress code in schools it is important to know the rules, the positives, and the negatives of dress code in schools.