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Ms. Toad

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18. Not a fight I'd be picking at this point in time -

Reply to Polybius (Original post)

Sun Aug 29, 2021, 03:43 PM

Aug 2021

But if I was drafting a dress code, school appropriate attire would include the top meeting the pants in a way that doesn't expose the belly or the butt crack.

I don't know about that particular school's dress code - but that requirement can be written in a way that is gender neutral.

Here's the equivalent of what I was seeing yesterday running around at a Pride festival:

https://i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk/incoming/article15243521.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/0_underboob-fashion-1297712

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Parents, students asking Webster Groves School District to let girls wear crop tops [View all] Polybius Aug 2021 OP

I'm sorry, missus grope peter... sprinkleeninow Aug 2021 #1

And then whut if appendages do dangle? sprinkleeninow Aug 2021 #2

Please re-type Polybius Aug 2021 #4

Females have upper level enhancements to their bodies that need staying put and not popping out down sprinkleeninow Aug 2021 #5

That isn't how breasts work obamanut2012 Aug 2021 #14

Boobs hanging out and a$$cracks showing inna school environment.Yah, that's the ticket! sprinkleeninow Aug 2021 #15

I saw plenty of breasts hanging out below crop tops yesterday. Ms. Toad Aug 2021 #17

Not at any grammar or even high school setting, it's not conducive I don't think. sprinkleeninow Aug 2021 #20

I was only responding to the suggestion that breasts don't work that way, Ms. Toad Aug 2021 #21

This message was self-deleted by its author sprinkleeninow Aug 2021 #3

What the cornbread hell Jilly_in_VA Aug 2021 #6

"My daughters' abdomen is not a distraction, you need to look away," said parent Jennifer Grotpeter. elleng Aug 2021 #7

Why in the world are girls "showcasing their stomachs" in school? Wingus Dingus Aug 2021 #8

What's Next...Bikinis? Me. Aug 2021 #9

I am so disappointed that we still have this problem SouthernLiberal Aug 2021 #10

Really? With all the covid raging on, parents LisaL Aug 2021 #11

Nudist parents might want their kids to go to school au naturale gulliver Aug 2021 #12

This is one reason that I favor school uniforms. Arkansas Granny Aug 2021 #13

Agree 100% zeusdogmom Aug 2021 #16

Not a fight I'd be picking at this point in time - Ms. Toad Aug 2021 #18

Great point. crickets Aug 2021 #19

When I was in high school, early 'seventies, it was anarchy, and not just the dress code. hunter Aug 2021 #22