Wednesday, November 30, 2016
Gender Inequity: Dress Codes in School
Students read an article by Jeimmy Hurtado, "My Leggings Are Too Sexy; His Tank Top Isn't," that discussed her mistreatment under a DOE school dress code. She recaps her personal experience, which she believed caused her shame, and advocates for schools to create gender equity in their school dress codes.
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ReplyDeleteIn schools, kids have to follow a certain dress code. Most of it applies to girls. Why? Shouldn't it be equal? The only dress code for boys is not to wear hats in school. For girls, it's halter tops, spaghetti straps, etc..In Jeimmy Hurtado's case, she was banned from wearing leggings. Her principal made her go to the counselor's office to be "gym-shorted." Does this mean boys can wear shirts that show their "broad shoulders?" Dress codes should address both genders. In my opinion, that is sexist. That needs to change.
ReplyDeleteShould the dress code be more strict or not? I will argue that the dress code should not be judgmental on boys and girls. If I were in charge of the dress code then i will make the dress code fair by not criticizing on how boys and girls choose to dress for school. I don't think its right to be commenting on the way boys and girls present themselves because we should keep our comments to ourselves if we have nothing nice to say. No gender should ever be targeted on how they not only dress at school but at restaurants, events, etc. Everybody can dress with the way they can feel comfortable dressing and never have to worry about impressing anyone and ignore their criticism. Everyone is allowed to present themselves however they like because i will not enjoy for someone to judge me by the way i speak, appear, or dress and i will realize how they feel to be bullied by clothing.
ReplyDeleteI believe that it isn't appropriate for schools to enforce the dress code on mostly girls rather than equally on both girls and boys.It isn't right to objectify women and shame them, when they wear the garments they choose. I believe that this is unfair to females.The dress code enforces a productive and professional attire for the school and work environment. Although this is what it is for, the school's dress code has on numerous occasions shamed and publicly humiliated females, whilst males simply get a free pass. Due to the school's dress code prohibiting of mainly female attire, males aren't as affected by the dress code. Perhaps the school's dress code could be reintegrated with a near equal amount of garments for both males and females. The reason for this suggestion is because of the fact that the dress code's list of prohibited items consist of spaghetti shirts, mini skirts, and see- through t- shirts.
ReplyDeleteFor many years women have been discriminated because of the way they present themselves. It isn't fair that women have to watch what they wear and worry about being judged. This needs to stop because everyone should be able to wear whatever they're comfortable in. Why are women being targeted because they express their strong personality through their clothing?.. Some say it's because it can cause boys to lose focus and that isn't fair to both genders. But in all reality everyone is going through changes and may get distracted no matter how hard they try to stay focused. It's basically saying young men or men in general don't have self control and young women are disrupting the class because of their choice of clothing. In conclusion, if we have dress codes it should affect both genders because it isn't fair that girls can't wear certain things and guys can wear whatever they want.
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