Do school dress codes unfairly target girls?

[DebJ]

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

My Dad, and my school, made it really easy to ignore all this nonsense.

It was quite simple, really: don't spend your life worried about what other people think about you.
Comporting yourself with dignity and self-respect is healthy, normal behavior ... and sensible, strong behavior.
Being 'attractive' wasn't defined as being sexually attractive at all, but by being a really good person who cared
about others.

I feel incredibly sad for children who aren't raised with this perspective, who grow up thinking they must constantly
worry about what others think of their choices. No wonder this country is so screwed up.

Because of the perspective I was given, my entire life has been much easier than other people, who instead of looking inward to make choices, look outward. That is really a pathetic way to live. If sexuality brings this issue to critical mass, well, SOMETHING should.

One thing I'm not seeing in this thread is mention of the extremes in dress many young girls...I am speaking like 7th grade...choose. I was a 7th grade teacher for a year in 2009-2010, and saw so much cleavage it was well, revolting, to me. I would have had the same reaction to an adult female dressing in this fashion. What I end up concluding is how tragic, to feel so unloved, that you have to almost have your nipples showing on your very large breasts to feel like you are a person who matters in this world. It was really gross. Yes, school policy required the students be sent home to actually get dressed, and no, males were not subjected to this same dress code, that would be ridiculous. HOWEVER, because of pressure from some of their parents, some girls were NOT sent home and came to school regularly looking like they were ready to pole dance. School administration so often takes the easy way out of any conflict. Anything that will shut up Mom and Dad is the guiding 'principle' for the principal. The crazier Mom and Dad are, the more noise they make, and the more quickly the administration will cave.