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blueamy66

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72. I find it to be the total opposite.

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Wed Apr 2, 2014, 03:01 AM

Apr 2014

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So a parent has to buy 2 or 3 pair of slacks and 2 or 3 polo shirts at Target or JCPenney or WalMart. That's got to be a lot cheaper than a full school wardrobe for a kid.

I know that my Mom LOVED the fact that I was in a uniform...and this was before uniform clothing could be bought at Target. Buying uniforms now is definitely cheaper than it was when I was in school.

on edit: I just found boys Docker's solid uniform shirts at Sears for $4.99 each. I found girls long sleeve uniform blouses at Target for $6.50 and boys uniform pants for $7.50. I found girls uniform skirts for $8 at Lands End and $9 at WalMart and $7 at JCPenney.

Doesn't look to be very expensive to me. Actually, it is MUCH cheaper than name brand, designer jeans and shorts and t-shirts.

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Do school dress codes unfairly target girls? [View all] davidn3600 Apr 2014 OP

Is water wet? n/t Tansy_Gold Apr 2014 #1

^^^^^^This! Buckets full^^^^^ Walk away Apr 2014 #130

I agree. Warpy Apr 2014 #2

Well put. n/t TDale313 Apr 2014 #4

It seems their dress code is reasonable pipoman Apr 2014 #3

not if applied equally whatthehey Apr 2014 #5

The only answer mainstreetonce Apr 2014 #6

Had those in Public School in Florida HockeyMom Apr 2014 #8

Pants should be the choice mainstreetonce Apr 2014 #14

fingertip Niceguy1 Apr 2014 #7

I froze my ass off for years. Manifestor_of_Light Apr 2014 #9

I remember that. CrispyQ Apr 2014 #11

Ironically, I had the opposite problem when I lived in a swamp Nevernose Apr 2014 #26

had the same issue belcffub Apr 2014 #44

I remember no pants for girls. amandabeech Apr 2014 #27

Yeah and in our school when they allowed girls to wear slacks csziggy Apr 2014 #51

When I was a sophomore in high school, they first started madmom Apr 2014 #109

I think there's a whole lot of stupidity pipi_k Apr 2014 #10

Thread winner... pipoman Apr 2014 #16

It also isn't fair gollygee Apr 2014 #18

I just knew pipi_k Apr 2014 #38

have you ever been around middle school boys. lordy, what you are making it out to be, IT IS NOT. seabeyond Apr 2014 #54

The dress code at the school pipoman Apr 2014 #107

My opinion gollygee Apr 2014 #138

We don't disagree on post 17... pipoman Apr 2014 #141

No gollygee Apr 2014 #147

I read the post as justification for the dress code which is developed pipoman Apr 2014 #149

The dress code in many schools gollygee Apr 2014 #150

No argument here. . pipoman Apr 2014 #151

that little cutie in the front row could be clothed from head to toe and that newcriminal Apr 2014 #19

Exactly... pipi_k Apr 2014 #39

This message was self-deleted by its author Tuesday Afternoon Apr 2014 #169

my sons had no hardship at all going thru middle school with the cuties, nor did their friends. seabeyond Apr 2014 #58

And the little cutie could be just as distracted by the boys gollygee Apr 2014 #90

this is what pisses me off. and this is where it starts. and continues forever. wtf, .... seabeyond Apr 2014 #108

I think you're overstating some posters' positions, Seabeyond Scootaloo Apr 2014 #131

first, yes, police. i chose the word pipi used below. school police girls for the po boys. seabeyond Apr 2014 #133

Ironic given this is what you actually said on December 16, 2013. And I quote: Gravitycollapse Apr 2014 #22

good catch Liberal_in_LA Apr 2014 #33

I find it equally disturbing that you can pull up comments from six months ago... Earth_First Apr 2014 #35

It took me about 30 seconds to google the poster's name at the top of this site. Gravitycollapse Apr 2014 #37

Magic? Earth_First Apr 2014 #40

Yep, in the same way that knowing you like Grateful Dead means I'm stalking you. Gravitycollapse Apr 2014 #41

Accessing easily found information is stalking? HangOnKids Apr 2014 #128

It's not the pipi_k Apr 2014 #137

I'd call it brilliant pippi HangOnKids Apr 2014 #152

Wow I feel so special now... pipi_k Apr 2014 #155

Me too pipi_k Apr 2014 #50

Don't know what you're pipi_k Apr 2014 #42

It took me literally 30 seconds to google your name with "rape culture" to find that. Gravitycollapse Apr 2014 #47

You call mine "hypocrisy" pipi_k Apr 2014 #52

Some posters are not only creepy, but obnoxious. Sorry. Comrade Grumpy Apr 2014 #115

I'd go with creeped out Dorian Gray Apr 2014 #81

Creeped out is the correct response. Note, I don't agree with you on this issue however... Demo_Chris Apr 2014 #102

Actually, we don't disagree pipi_k Apr 2014 #106

in this case, the poster is referring to pubescent teenage boys. Not grown men with more fully KittyWampus Apr 2014 #68

Ah, so only young men are uncontrollable, brainless beasts. Gravitycollapse Apr 2014 #69

Does Dorian Gray Apr 2014 #83

Men aren't the same as boys mythology Apr 2014 #95

Trust me, speaking as a former 14 year old boy..... A HERETIC I AM Apr 2014 #25

You realize this forum isn't for you to wax poetic about your 14 year old hard-ons, right? Gravitycollapse Apr 2014 #28

Is that considered waxing poetic? A HERETIC I AM Apr 2014 #32

You are The Man, my man. n/t cherokeeprogressive Apr 2014 #34

No, that would be "dolphin waxing" Throd Apr 2014 #46

Well... pipi_k Apr 2014 #49

"...boys who, because of their inexperience, don't know how to deal with what happens..." Gravitycollapse Apr 2014 #55

both boys and girls have dealt with this from beginning of time. nipple, penis. seabeyond Apr 2014 #56

We need to discuss it because people like the poster we're responding to exist. Gravitycollapse Apr 2014 #59

and THAT... is the whole issue i swear we are dealing with today. i was a competitive swimmer seabeyond Apr 2014 #62

Oh no CFLDem Apr 2014 #74

Are you serious? pipi_k Apr 2014 #99

As a male who went through those lovely teenage years of inconvenient erections Arcanetrance Apr 2014 #111

And I won't disagree with you, but... pipi_k Apr 2014 #114

You are arguing that girls should have to dress a certain way for boys... Gravitycollapse Apr 2014 #136

yes. all of it. it is offensive to all of us, one way or another. except those men that need to seabeyond Apr 2014 #139

Again.... pipi_k Apr 2014 #143

They are pseudo-spontaneous. Gravitycollapse Apr 2014 #116

So you do realize that pipi_k Apr 2014 #124

Pseudo spontaneous would be something which appears to be spontaneous... Gravitycollapse Apr 2014 #126

Actually, the more I think of this.... pipi_k Apr 2014 #134

Serious question: Is English your second language? Gravitycollapse Apr 2014 #135

Tis not I pipi_k Apr 2014 #140

You needed google to understand what "pseudo-spontaneous" means? Gravitycollapse Apr 2014 #142

Yeah, well... pipi_k Apr 2014 #144

Saying I made it up is saying that pseudo and spontaneous were not words before I wrote them. Gravitycollapse Apr 2014 #146

As I said... pipi_k Apr 2014 #154

"Non-spontaneous" and "pseudo-spontaneous" describe two different conditions. Gravitycollapse Apr 2014 #156

WTF? pipi_k Apr 2014 #157

Actually, you know what.... pipi_k Apr 2014 #158

Neither age nor gender are essential indicators of intellect or ability. Gravitycollapse Apr 2014 #159

Alas!!! pipi_k Apr 2014 #167

wow seabeyond Apr 2014 #168

Teenage girls are dealing with new hormones too gollygee Apr 2014 #85

Of course they are pipi_k Apr 2014 #98

"Which is why the school must do it for them." the school MUST police the girls to protect the boys seabeyond Apr 2014 #104

Exactly!! pipi_k Apr 2014 #45

first... you suggesting rules for girls to not distract boys? and ya, i have two sons seabeyond Apr 2014 #48

Isn't that a better argument for changing the boys' dress code? LeftyMom Apr 2014 #61

Why? pipi_k Apr 2014 #100

You're saying 'boys' bodies are a problem so girls need to change clothes'. LeftyMom Apr 2014 #110

Sigh... pipi_k Apr 2014 #112

how the bloody hell can a GIRL concentrate when she is assaulted multiple times a day by hormones. seabeyond Apr 2014 #117

I suppose they manage the same way girls do. LeftyMom Apr 2014 #123

There's a big difference pipi_k Apr 2014 #125

And you'll never guess what this subthread started... TreasonousBastard Apr 2014 #65

This is painfully heterosexist. MadrasT Apr 2014 #91

Here's the deal... pipi_k Apr 2014 #103

you might ask all the men here if they needed school to help them with their erections seabeyond Apr 2014 #105

Well said. Two things drove me mad at that age LittleBlue Apr 2014 #113

without being able to do anything about it.... fuck. just fuck. seabeyond Apr 2014 #118

You can't walk away and you can't wank in class LittleBlue Apr 2014 #120

And you know dude.... We were ALL there. Big fug gin' deal. Oh wait.... We have SOME men seabeyond Apr 2014 #122

I have both a son and a daughter... Whiskeytide Apr 2014 #12

Is a better question "how often do school dress codes unfairly target girls"? Donald Ian Rankin Apr 2014 #13

When I was in HS in the late 60's girls couldn't wear pants of any kind, guys could wear shorts... Tikki Apr 2014 #15

I don't mind dress codes depending on how they're worded gollygee Apr 2014 #17

Our school has a dress regulations Nevernose Apr 2014 #30

some do but many don't dsc Apr 2014 #20

This reminds me of when I was a teenager. Blue_In_AK Apr 2014 #21

Floor kneel and two inches. amandabeech Apr 2014 #31

I remember doing the same in the early 80s LadyHawkAZ Apr 2014 #71

The boys at my Catholic HS were scrutnized as well as we were. blueamy66 Apr 2014 #78

Usually the opposite. Chan790 Apr 2014 #23

Most schools don't have uniforms like that gollygee Apr 2014 #24

That sounds fair to me. blueamy66 Apr 2014 #79

Some of it is fair gollygee Apr 2014 #84

But don't you think that girls dress more provocatively than boys, as a rule? blueamy66 Apr 2014 #86

Yes, because that's how society is set up gollygee Apr 2014 #88

Or, they could have parents who are capable of teaching them some common sense. DebJ Apr 2014 #89

I'm talking about how the dress code is worded gollygee Apr 2014 #92

I agree. As I said above, the focus should be on learning to value yourself as a whole person, DebJ Apr 2014 #93

I agree totally. blueamy66 Apr 2014 #97

Burqas all around because clearly its the girls' fault boys can't control themselves. alarimer Apr 2014 #29

I wonder if the dress code requires the boys to pull thier pants up. rrneck Apr 2014 #36

That was exactly the thinking back in the 1960s. DebJ Apr 2014 #94

In my unairconditioned high school in Georgia MNBrewer Apr 2014 #43

If boys, but not girls, are allowed to wear leggings with nothing on top, then yes, that is unfair. Nye Bevan Apr 2014 #53

I think girls today face a Catch-22: Maedhros Apr 2014 #57

Women are subject to an endless bombardment of double binds. Gravitycollapse Apr 2014 #60

"fragile victim" vs "indestructible warrior" is another. (nt) Orrex Apr 2014 #132

And fascinating that this typical view completely leaves out parental intervention. DebJ Apr 2014 #96

you are so right on. so obvious. a given. and you are so right on. none of this stuff seabeyond Apr 2014 #119

yes. duh. derp and the end. Tuesday Afternoon Apr 2014 #63

I think everyone at school (boys and girls) should be fully covered up Sarah Ibarruri Apr 2014 #64

Speaking from personal experience, it unfairly targets the poor families the most... Ghost in the Machine Apr 2014 #66

Exactly. I ran into the same thing in a school for boys. seabeyond Apr 2014 #67

"but I was also with the voice of those that could not afford." Same thing here... Ghost in the Machine Apr 2014 #70

Why would you have to buy 2 sets of clothes? blueamy66 Apr 2014 #73

I find it to be the total opposite. blueamy66 Apr 2014 #72

Got here before me! Yes, I have found the same thing Ilsa Apr 2014 #101

"So a parent has to buy 2 or 3 pair of slacks and 2 or 3 polo shirts at Target, JCPenney or WalMart" Ghost in the Machine Apr 2014 #176

Thank you, but I don't need to "have things cleared up". blueamy66 Apr 2014 #180

Wow, a whole MONTH!! I guess that makes you an expert on small town, rural living, huh? Ghost in the Machine Apr 2014 #181

I could only stomach the place for a month. It was a huge Republican town. blueamy66 Apr 2014 #182

Yes it's tough being a Liberal in a republicon town, but I do know a few others... Ghost in the Machine Apr 2014 #184

You'd be surprised by how many people gollygee Apr 2014 #177

Hand me downs. My boys had four older nephews. I didn't even buy boys a coat until seabeyond Apr 2014 #178

Agree rudolph the red Apr 2014 #121

We have a dress code at our school and I think it's the boys that are treated unfairly My Good Babushka Apr 2014 #75

YES! aquart Apr 2014 #76

Leggings (used to be called "tights") aren't meant as stand-alone attire. WinkyDink Apr 2014 #77

Leggings and tights aren't the same thing gollygee Apr 2014 #87

I'm showing my age, heh, (though I'm from the mini-skirt era!). Just don't call them "jeggings"! WinkyDink Apr 2014 #161

I wear leggings all the time! Dorian Gray Apr 2014 #80

63 years old and I can still remember 7th grade English with Nancy E. sitting in a mini skirt B Calm Apr 2014 #82

Make school dress codes the same for each gender... Mike Nelson Apr 2014 #127

Hmmm... pipi_k Apr 2014 #165

"Underwear must not be worn as outerwear." smokey nj Apr 2014 #129

School dress codes unfairly target everyone, actually. Ken Burch Apr 2014 #145

I respectfully disagree, big time blueamy66 Apr 2014 #163

That's pretty much pipi_k Apr 2014 #164

Yikes. That's Quite A Reach ProfessorGAC Apr 2014 #170

The fact that it may distract boys is a stupid rationale, but... Hippo_Tron Apr 2014 #148

Often, they do. Jamastiene Apr 2014 #153

#firstworldproblems Violet_Crumble Apr 2014 #160

ya. this one. i am tired of this little meme also. a woman raped from childhood on and accused seabeyond Apr 2014 #166

WTF? I've never said rape or hunger is a first world problem Violet_Crumble Apr 2014 #175

That dress code doesn't seem very restrictive. tammywammy Apr 2014 #173

They are lucky Jeneral2885 Apr 2014 #162

I actually wish we had school uniforms here. Arugula Latte Apr 2014 #171

As a kid... pipi_k Apr 2014 #172

Yes. I went to high school in a very affluent school Arugula Latte Apr 2014 #174

I remember how hard we fought in high school... idendoit Apr 2014 #179

And boys! KamaAina Apr 2014 #183