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High School Dress Codes

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High school dress codes
How many times have you heard of a child being sent home due to their outfit? In so many towns and cities there is ridiculous dress codes. Most of the dress codes are directed towards females. These rules somewhat make them feel as if they have to hid their bodies so they won’t distract men. High school dress codes are detrimental to all student’s confidence outside and inside the classroom. When I was in school I was sent home on more than one occasion due to my outfit. The first time I realized the dress code was directed towards females I was in 7th grade. I was wearing a cute red shirt, that my mom had bought for me the previous weekend, leggings and poke-a-dot rain boots. I was sent to the principal’s office as soon as I got to school and the principal called my mom and had her come pick me up because my outfit was inappropriate. My mom was upset with the school system. I was only 13 and they were basically telling me boys were looking at me like I was an object. Another instance, I was in 8th grade and I got sent the principal’s office for an inappropriate shirt I was wearing. I had on a purple …show more content…

For instance, men can wear V-necks and women can’t. Men can wear cutoff t-shirts and women can’t. Men can wear jeans in their pants and women can’t. My friend was once sent home in high school for wearing a pink spaghetti strap shirt. I’ve also seen many guys wearing ‘wife beaters’ to school and they don’t get sent home even though they are basically the same thing. My cousin was sent to the office in 6th grade for wearing athletic shorts that weren’t past her fingertips. When her mom got to the school she ended up talking to the school board about dress code rules and how they are directed towards females. Boys are allowed to wear shorts that some might call inappropriate, but they don’t get dress coded. Some will say the dress code is somewhat fanatic the way they aim the rules at

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