When Enforcing School Dress Codes Turns Into Slut Shaming

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That this has a sexist undertone is demonstrated by the fact that the girls who had more curves to show off were the ones more often disciplined. “Students who were getting ‘dress-coded,’ or disciplined for their attire, tended to be girls who were more developed,” Juliet Bond, a parent of a student at Haven, told the Evanston Review. 

Lucy Shapiro, a 12-year-old at Haven, added that when both she and a friend wore the same type of athletic shorts, a teacher disciplined her but not her friend because, she was told, “I had a different body type than my friend…With all the social expectations of being a girl,Shop online for skirts & dresses like formal skirts, Wholesale Cheap Satin Sweetheart Split-front Floor-length Sweep Train Evening Dresses Prom Dresses, etc for ladies by great brands like Mustang, it’s already hard enough to pick an outfit without adding in the dress code factor.Our Wholesale Cheap New Sexy chiffon Flower One-shoulder Draped Evening Dresses Prom Dresses are feminine, sexy and sassy, ideal for every special occasion.” 

“For me, it’s about shaming girls about their bodies,” Bond said.Dressestmall is one of the largest stores for Discount 2014 New Arrivals Dresses for sale and accessories. “It’s this message across genders that girls have to cover up, and teachers saying to girls,I just wanted to say thank you so much for all that you did on my Tulle strapless applique beaded ball gown wedding/party dress! the reason for this rule is so that boys aren’t distracted.” 

The dress code in a middle school in Evanston is far from an isolated incident. In April of 2013, a New Jersey middle school banned girls from wearing strapless dresses to prom because they were “distracting,” but later compromised and allowed one strap dresses after parents protested. 

A high school principal in Minnesota emailed parents asking them to forbid their children from wearing leggings to school because their “backsides” were “too closely defined” and therefore “highly distracting.” A kindergartner in Georgia was asked to change her short skirt because it was a “distraction to the other students,” which begs the question, were kindergarten boys lusting after their peer during coloring time?