The One Good Thing About School Dress Codes

The ACLU was very concerned about the disproportionate enforcement of the dress code against girls. Parents had reported that their sons and daughters would wear the same clothing to school, such as a tank top or running shorts, but only the girls would get dress-coded. The ACLU sent a letter to the St. Johns County School District informing them that they were violating Title IX and the U.S. Constitution.

After the Department of Education and ACLU got involved, the board started listening. They did change parts of the dress code. They removed language specifying some rules for girls and other rules for boys, and deleted language about prohibiting clothing that is “immodest, revealing, or distracting.” But I want you to know that they never cared until they were threatened and embarrassed by all the negative news coverage.

For example, the district said they were going to put together a group to collaborate on revising the dress code. The group was supposed to consist of teachers, parents and students. But they never actually invited the parents and students. So the district never lived up to their word. The dress code is a little bit better. Now, we can wear tank tops and shorts. But that was never the real problem to begin with, so the real problem is not solved. Teachers were still standing outside school at the beginning of the year scrutinizing girls’ clothing and issuing warnings. It intimidated a lot of girls.

The administration had been looking at my photo, and what they saw was my chest. It was concerning to me that they were basically viewing us just as bodies that were distracting. They were sexualizing us even though we’re still children.: There is a lot of attention now focused on your school district because of your actions, Riley, which is fantastic. How do you feel about that?It’s really important for people to know that this fight is not over. Sure, we fixed the dress code a little bit.

This is good, but, even so, I'm glad we have school uniforms in the UK! There's no need for this garbage!

No thought about boys learning how to control themselves I bet.

I'm not sure I'd publicize the 'good' things about sexism & body shaming. I embraced feminism because I had wonderful women role models - not because I was abused or ridiculed. One doesn't have to use emotional abuse to find reasons to fight misogyny.

So are you ladies going to support guys wearing thongs to school too ?

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