A Teenager's Perspective: School Dress Code
- from Sydney Baumgardner
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- Greater Johnstown Senior High School
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Is my clothing distracting?
Nowadays, young girls ages 11 to 18 are being told to cover up for being too distracting. Girls are being pulled out of class because boys cannot control themselves. Those schools who are pulling girls out of class, sending them home or making them sit in in-school suspension are not giving the education the girls need. Seems more like covering my shoulders is more important than my education.
In May 2015, four seventh grade students in Portland, Oregon spoke in front of their school board. One of the girls, AnaLuiza, told a story of friend who was pulled from class for wearing a skirt deemed too short. The friend not only missed important work, but also was humiliated. “The only reason I go to school is to get my education,” AnaLuiza spoke to the board. Sophia, who spoke along with AnaLuiza said, “My problem with the dress code is that one hundred percent of the students who are sent home are female… In a way you’re telling [a girl] that boys are more entitled to their education than she is. And I don’t think that’s acceptable.” (source: upworthy.com)
“Shameful”
“Unhealthy”
“Unfair”
“Objectified”
Those are just a few words of what some girls have to say about a school's dress codes. Maggie Sunseri produced a documentary in the summer of 2014, called “Shame: A Documentary on School Dress Code”. Girls in the video stated that their shoulders and collarbones must be covered according to their school board.
The high school I attend is not as strict about showing skin as the school in the film. I personally have never been dress coded. But it raises my concern when young girls across the nation are being told to cover up because boys apparently cannot control themselves.