Dress Codes Target Girls More For Good Reason

3 they feel judged and shamed by the dress codes.

Dress codes target girls more for good reason. Refusing to be shamed girls are instead raising their voices. The oversexualizing women and girls isn t limited to school dress codes it also extends to professional business attire. Public high schools with publicly accessible dress codes authorize disciplinary action that can lead to missed class or school.

2 they send a message to girls that if they are harassed by boys it is their fault. According to the atlantic school dress codes can also be used to. Now 19 she has strong opinions about dress codes at public high schools.

Many also argue that school dress codes can be unfairly enforced based on body type where more developed women or heavier women are punished more frequently compared to less developed or thinner women. Many people feel that some school dress code policies unfairly target women since most of the items that are banned are items that women would wear like certain types of skirts and tops. But of course while many dress codes unfairly target girls in general some female students are at a greater disadvantage.

Women are expected to show less skin because they are not allowed to show their shoulders wear shorts or anything with a low cut. The trend has created a new front in the dress code wars. More about reina in a minute.

This teaches young girls that they are to blame for an onlookers actions and perceptions of how they are. Since women are already oversexualized in society our bodies are monitored even in schools. And 4 that a different standard is applied to girls who are more curvy and developed than other girls.

In fact the women s law center study found that 74 percent of d c. We prohibit tight fitting clothes narrow shoulder straps and other items that cause a. To help make my point besides hats book bags and baggy pants the dress code in my high school handbook is centered around girls.