Dress Codes Within The School Environment

School dress codes have been a prominent topic of discussion the past few years. Largely, young girls and some school board members are fighting against these sexist codes that govern schools across the world today. Dress codes target young women by stating they should dress appropriately so they do not distract the male students. This leads to men thinking it’s acceptable to disrespect women, and also women feeling like what they wear is more important than their academics. This results in a number of large issues such as gender inequality, stereotyping, and sexual harassment.

As springtime rolls around so does the night that most girls in highschool look forward to for years: Prom. Prom, or banquet, as it’s called at Liberty Christian School, is a night where girl do their hair and makeup all nice, get their dates, and most importantly find their perfect dress. But for the girls at Liberty finding their perfect dress isn’t all that easy. At Liberty girls are given a list of rules to follow when buying their dress, then expected to go to a dress check where it is made sure that all the rules were followed. With all the requirements some girl question if it is even worth it.

From a very young age, girls are taught the importance of covering their bodies, to not reveal too much or they might just distract a boy. The uncomfortable feeling that comes with male strangers staring at you is taught to be avoided by wearing more clothing, and accepting the fact that “boys will be boys.”

In a day and age, where sagging pants is in style for boys and the inseam on shorts for girls is only one to two-inches, clothing choices and appropriateness of attire in schools has become an increasingly popular debate. Public schools have implemented dress codes for many years and state the policies clearly in school handbooks for all students and parents to read and abide. But do they really enforce these policies? Due to the current fashions, dress code policies, which are less restrictive than uniform policies, are getting harder and harder to enforce. It would be a full time job to address all the issues with student violations of dress in todays’ schools. Needless to say, this is at the bottom of the list in issues to overcome. Public

“Life is too short to blend in.” -Paris Hilton. Well, blending in is exactly what students are doing because of unfair dress codes. Public schools should not have dress code because it doesn’t benefit students in any way and is very sexist.

According to the troubled rock legend Kurt Cobain, “The duty of youth is to challenge corruption” (Kurt Cobain). Adolescents should question laws and rules that are inherent in today’s government because if they do not, the government will ultimately deteriorate internally. Although rules were put in place for the good of the people, sometimes rules can impose on people’s rights and freedoms. For example, according to the Chattahoochee High School Student Handbook, “All students shall dress appropriately so as not to disrupt or interfere with the educational program or the orderly operation of the school.” This rule should be abolished because it promotes sexism, diminishes individuality, and curtails crucial instructional time.

Teens are already restricted on what they can and cannot do on school grounds like what we eat, what classes we take, and what activities we can be in. How we dress should not be one of those reasons. We have a right to what we wear on a day to day basis. I’m not saying that we should all be able to dress half naked, but we need to dress how we like. There should be no dress codes because the dress codes are sexest, we need to show our originality, and kids should not have to be taken out of school because their outfit is inappropriate.

The school dress code limits the way girls/boys dress,so they don't "distract the learning environment", and most rules are targeted towards young women. For example, “All shirts/blouses must have sleeves”, “Halter tops/tank tops/strapless tops/spaghetti straps/off shoulder garments are unacceptable”, etc. I also recognized that specific sets of genders are rarely applied to these set of rules. I do recognize that there are certain rules that apply to young men, and some rules are reasonable like “no short shorts”, “no cleavage exposing shirts”, but I do feel that instead of defining the way women should dress is not right. Young men and women should be able to wear what they want to wear as long as it is not too revealing. I do feel young

Schools are normally permitted to generate and implement dress code programs within the district, but they must do it without violating the constitutional rights of students.

Many schools around the world have dress codes. Although I have a dress code at my school I think one of the bans should be removed. Which is the ban on wearing hats. I feel you should be able to wear a hat without a pass but whenever you want.

“Sign below if you understand and agree to follow the listed rules.” Every school year since Kindergarden at the beginning of the year we are sent home with mountains of paperwork for our parents to sign and fill out. We have to sign a lot of things one of them being the dress code. I understand the dresscode, but i don't agree with it. I find it too strict and unfair. The 1 school rule the Principal should change is the dress code. I'm not saying to completely rid of it, i'm meaning to just loosen up and/or change a few things. The two main benefits of changing it are that kids will feel more comfortable, and they leads to better work. The second reason is that kids wouldn't be pulled from class to have their ‘inappropriate’ clothing changed.

Having a dress code has been a huge issue among a great majority of communities across the country for many years. Because dress codes affect so many children, there has been an increase in controversies and both sides have very logical points. The main reason that dress codes are not strongly enforced in schools is because the protection of the First Amendment. Almost every parent would agree that the main reasoning for sending their child to school is so that they receive a good education in a safe environment. Certain issues that could potentially jeopardize a student's education should be eliminated by setting up a good rule system. High school and grade schools should apply a dress code because it eliminates many problems such as school violence, enhance school pride, and help maintain order within the school setting. Many students believe that having a dress code enforced in their school is a way of punishment and a way to hold them back from their freedoms. Dress codes can help maintain order within school settings and help students have a much safer learning experience.

Dress codes have been implemented in society for centuries. Even if they were not required, there have always been stipulations on the ways people present themselves. Common places requiring some type of dress codes are schools, workplaces, and even churches. These dress codes can range from strict to very minimal. The people follow dress codes to present themselves in a professional manner. The biggest concern recently has been dress code policies in public schools. Public schools typically have a looser dress code than private schools because they mostly wear uniforms and rarely can go wrong with it. An interesting question is why are dress codes different in high school and below than in college? Especially if they are both public institutions. Commonly, college has little to no dress codes, whereas in high school, there is a whole section of dress code restrictions in the handbook. This topic is important because whether you are in school anymore or not because you may eventually have children or people you care about affected by enforced dress codes. There is no way to please everyone. That is an absolute fact. Although, there are ways to make students feel comfortable enough to express and even accept themselves. This can start with a dress code allowing them to do so.

It's Wednesday morning, the bell just was rung and all the kids are walking in class, there is a male wearing a crop top jersey for his big game after school and sitting behind him is a female also wearing a crop top but she is the one who has been dress coded. This happens very often in high schools everywhere School dress codes are supposed to inform students that you shouldn't be wearing inappropriate clothing at school or exposing any part of your body at school. “Student dress codes were on the news because several groups of students females began to question and protest against school dress codes because they thought the school dress code policies were unfair. The words of the females rapidly traveled through social media and news articles. A young woman said that (1) the dress codes unfairly target girls and; (2) they feel judged and shamed by the dress codes; and (3) that a different standard of dress code is applied to girls who are curvier and more developed than other girls.The dress codes have become a complicated issue, especially for young females. On one hand, there is increasingly more variety in girls clothing and more opportunity for inappropriate dress and schools are obligated to provide a suitable learning environment. On the other hand, these rules are often seen as unequal and enforced inconsistently and rooted in sexist social norms.(www.adl.org). This shows that Schools are gender bias because females have more feminine qualities to show and

An Atlanta school board is set to announce in January its decision on the petition of two 5th grade students to change the school’s dress code. The girls wanted to be allowed to wear skintight leggings without any skirt or shorts on top of the leggings.