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A st udent ’s high schoolcar eershoul d be aboutdi scov ering new knowl edge and
discov er ingwhoy ouar e,notaboutwhaty ouwor e.Femal est udent swer ewar nedt hat
thisst y l
eofdr esswas“ ext remel ydi sr uptive”f orguy satt hei rschool ,accor dingt oa
groupofhi ghschoolgi rlspr ot estingabanont ankt opsandl eggi ngs.Cancl othes
affecty ourabi l
ityt ogetaneducat i
on?Doesenf or cingadr esscodeappealt omenbut
notwomen?I tisabsur dt hatt hei deaof​ ay oungmanwear ingl eggi ngsannoy samal e
studentandmakeshi m unabl et or ead.St udent sshoul dbeabl et o expr esst hei r
feeli
ngs aboutt heirf ashi ons.The dr ess code l imitst hem because i tmi nimizes,
discrimi nat esagai nstt hem sexual l
y,cr eat esphy sicalembar rassment ,andf uel swarof
self-
conf idencewi thint hem.
Hav ing adr esscodedoesnotpr ev entst udent sf rom wear i
ng whatt heywant ;i t
prevent st hem f rom expr essi ngt hei rper sonal it
y .Byt elli
ngusnott odr ess,t heyar e
dest royingourdi visionsasi ndi vidual sandcul tur es.Peopl eof tenexpr esst hei rsty le,
who t heyar e,and whatt heybel iev ei n whatt heywear .St udent sr eser v ecer tain
const itut i
onalr i
ght st of reespeech,andwheny oungpeopl ear ei nschool ,deci sions
aboutt hei rappear ancear eessent ial.Thedr esscodeappl i
est ogenderf oral lfemal e
student s, asdr esscodesappl yonl yt owomen.
Formal est udent s,itisaccept abl et o‘ soak’y ourt rouser s,buti fy ouar eawomanand
yourshi r tov erexposesy ourbody ,iti sagai nstt hel aw,andy ouar ef orcedt ochange
(Areourschooldr esscode) .Forwomen, theschoolsay st hatst udent sar enotal l
owed
towearanycl othingconsi der edof fensi v et oanyst aff,whi chmeansnott ocl othe
brandswi thimagesorl ogost hatexpr essi l
li
cit,discr i
mi nator y,andr acistv i
ews.
Student shav erest ri
ctionsoncl othest hatdonotbel ongt ot hesel ist edi temsand,as
theyar enotal lowedt owearshi r t
st hatar ef ourf inger slongorbel owt heirshoul ders, all
shor tsshoul dbef ingerl engt hs,andnocl eav agecanbedi spl ayed.Mal est udent scan
wearwhat evert heywant ;thei rshor tscanbeasshor tast heywi sh, theirshoul der scan
beshownwhenwear i
ngt ankt ops,andt heonl yr ulei st hatmenandwomengat hered
toget herwi l
lhav enor ipsort ear sint hei rjeans.Thi sdr esscodef ail
st obecl oset ohel p.
Whatmanager sdon’ tt hi nkaboutwhen t heyi mposer est ricti
onsont hest udent ’
s
ti
ght nessoft heirpant sort hel engt hoft heirgi rl
s’cl othest hemsel v esi snotj ustt hei r
clothes,butt hef eeli
ngsoft hesey oungwomen,t heirthought s,ev ent hei rsexper sonal
i
mage.I nst ead,t heseboundar iesar ei mposedont hedi stur bedmi ndsofy oungmen,
whi l
egi r l
sar eexposedt osexualt hreat st hatneedt obeel i
mi nat ed.Schooldr ess
restrictionscancr eateapr obl em t heschooldi stri
ctai mst osol ve:t hest igmaof
teenagegi rl
s.
Wheny out el
lherwhatt owear , yousayt ot hegi rlthaty oucont rolherbody .Ify ouown
agirl
’sbody,eveni fitisfor“ herbenef it,
”yout akeheragency .Het ell
shert hatherbody
i
snother s.Whenmanygi r
ls’ hate’ thewayt heirbodi esl ook, school sshoul dnotuset he
l
awt ohumi li
ateaper son’sbodybyt el l
inghi mt ocov erhi salr eadysensi t
iveskin.Many
youngpeoplespendy earswor ryi
ngaboutwhatt heywi l
lweart oschool .
Thedr esscodei smor edi sr uptivet hant hecl othespeopl ewearwi t
houti t!A good
l
earningenv i
ronmenti swher ewer especteachot hernomat terwhathappensi nour
l
ivesandar etaughtt hatwear estilly oung—goi ngont hatday .Soj ustqui tyourcur r
ent
j
obandasky ourselfwhat ’smostdi st urbing: thegi rl
’
sdr essort hel awi tself?
Theschooldr esscodeshoul d ber emov edent ir
el yf rom t heschooldi stri
cts.The
student’
sattir
ei sthewayt heyexpr esst hemsel ves,andi thel pst oshow how al lthe
studentsarealtogetherdi ff
er enti nt hei runiqueway .St udent scanexpr essthemsel ves
byenf orci
ng the dr esscode,whi ch can bedi f
fer entbecauset hi
sl aw hasmany
l
imitati
ons.Thedr esscodei sr estrictive,discr i
mi nator y,andshamef ul.Studentsshoul d
wearwhatt heyliketoexpr esst heirf reedom.Ast udent ’srightt oex presst hemsel ves,as
l
ongasi t
’snotharmi ngsomeone,shoul dnev erbedeni ed.Notev eryst udentcaneasi l
y
writ
eapoem orpai ntapor traitabouthowt heyf eel
,butal lstudent scanusecl ot
hest o
showwhot heyar eandhowt heyf eel .Whenast udenti st oldt hatt heyhav etochange,
i
t’salmostl i
kesay i
ngt heyhav et ochangewhot heyar et oo.Cl othesar ethemost
i
mpor tantpartofaf irstimpr essi on.Theyal lowast udentt opr i
de,notonl yinwhatt hey
arewear i
ng,butfortheirschool ,ort hei rspor tsteam, orthepl ayt heygotcasti n.

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