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12. How about holding the principal accountable for treating young women as sex objects.

Wed Aug 19, 2015, 09:04 PM

Aug 2015

Women have collarbones, and breasts, legs, butts, genitals and it's all normal... unless you're a member of the Taliban and want women in burkas.

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Kentucky student violates high school dress code with exposed collarbone [View all] Liberal_in_LA Aug 2015 OP

A hint to the principal... Erich Bloodaxe BSN Aug 2015 #1

Wut? hifiguy Aug 2015 #2

An exposed collarbone would be inappropriate jberryhill Aug 2015 #3

Win! Kber Aug 2015 #65

If she didn't take off the sweater than I have a problem with sending her home dsc Aug 2015 #4

and if so, would the collarbone really be LiberalElite Aug 2015 #14

Confused ??? SamKnause Aug 2015 #15

most schools don't let males or females wear tank tops dsc Aug 2015 #19

Thanks SamKnause Aug 2015 #21

My kid is a KY public HS student. Syzygy321 Aug 2015 #52

schools have to walk a line dsc Aug 2015 #61

she was.sent home even after donning the scarf her mother brought cali Aug 2015 #30

I am not going to link every district I have ever worked at dress code policy dsc Aug 2015 #31

Holy crap, tank tops are against a dress code in the South? Gormy Cuss Aug 2015 #37

yeah we do dsc Aug 2015 #38

You must also have mostly students who don't walk to school. Gormy Cuss Aug 2015 #39

many of our schools aren't in the most accessable places so yea dsc Aug 2015 #43

My junior high school was no air conditioned. Jamastiene Aug 2015 #79

If you have been to Justice (tween girl's clothing store) Syzygy321 Aug 2015 #56

Or hence, discretion Gormy Cuss Aug 2015 #59

But whose discretion? Syzygy321 Aug 2015 #62

The principal using guidelines from the school district. Gormy Cuss Aug 2015 #74

As I noted above: my KY girl goes to a public HS Syzygy321 Aug 2015 #55

They never accused her of taking off her sweater, but that wouldn't affect her collar bones anyway, pnwmom Aug 2015 #47

If she is wearing a tank dsc Aug 2015 #48

No, it wouldn't. You can see what is exposed in the picture. And they did NOT claim pnwmom Aug 2015 #49

actually you don't have their side at all dsc Aug 2015 #50

They have to have an objective standard. Syzygy321 Aug 2015 #58

One of the girls in a video made about this subject said that the dress standard is not applied pnwmom Aug 2015 #63

I hate to hear that. Should be same for both. Syzygy321 Aug 2015 #64

Or she might be agreeing with you on rules like "knee length", and "can't be skin tight" kcr Aug 2015 #80

I don't understand - I thought the rule was Syzygy321 Aug 2015 #82

No visible collarbone is based on a measurement kcr Aug 2015 #85

Professor, her kind of woman doesn't belong on any committee. maxsolomon Aug 2015 #5

Baaaaaaallll-zac! REP Aug 2015 #66

That shirt and jacket plus slacks would qualify as business casual in any corporate environment stevenleser Aug 2015 #6

Good thing I can still get my fix from Collarbone Cuties magazine. n/t PoliticAverse Aug 2015 #7

She could have just paperclipped her sweater together at the top...! MADem Aug 2015 #8

Obviously she's a harlot mythology Aug 2015 #9

Christ! Instead of having girls miss school and parents miss work Warpy Aug 2015 #10

In these cases I wonder if it isn't the principal's problem. laundry_queen Aug 2015 #22

I seriously doubt the boys are complaining davidn3600 Aug 2015 #26

Of course not, the principal is the problem here Warpy Aug 2015 #40

You and I half agree. Here is how I see it: Syzygy321 Aug 2015 #57

Yeah, and if it's 95 in the shade and there's no AC, Warpy Aug 2015 #71

I am saying I think dress codes in general are meant to Syzygy321 Aug 2015 #72

Simply teaching male students self control would be the best solution. Jamastiene Aug 2015 #81

The hussy behind her is showing ankles and knees. PeaceNikki Aug 2015 #11

How about holding the principal accountable for treating young women as sex objects. procon Aug 2015 #12

Cause everyone knows collarbones drive boys crazy with lust! yellowcanine Aug 2015 #13

I wasn't aware that exposed collarbones were LiberalElite Aug 2015 #16

Collar bones, ankles, this post is hot !!! Monk06 Aug 2015 #17

Fuck their burka shit seveneyes Aug 2015 #18

so what do they do if you show up in an actual burka? greymattermom Aug 2015 #20

Yeah, fuck dress codes. Everyone should go to school naked because freedom Taitertots Aug 2015 #68

You appear to be confused seveneyes Aug 2015 #69

And you think that collar bone = burka Taitertots Aug 2015 #70

Also, you can see her face struggle4progress Aug 2015 #23

What? Face? Oh, yeah, sorry, I was still focused on her, uh, collarbones. nt JustABozoOnThisBus Aug 2015 #29

Hey! NSFW! Orrex Aug 2015 #24

I wonder how long it takes to wear out yuiyoshida Aug 2015 #25

I can see collarbones in your sig line. Gormy Cuss Aug 2015 #60

How about a dress-code for men against wearing something with a crotch? DetlefK Aug 2015 #27

I see what the problem is... Buns_of_Fire Aug 2015 #28

Someone lives in a parallel universe. lpbk2713 Aug 2015 #32

This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague Aug 2015 #42

The sexually repressed will eroticize almost anything. aikoaiko Aug 2015 #33

She was causing all the boys to have collar boners. Elwood P Dowd Aug 2015 #34

you nearly owed me a keyboard niyad Aug 2015 #36

so, once again the onus is on the females, because the males are incapable of self-control?? niyad Aug 2015 #35

There is no dress code for boys? Taitertots Aug 2015 #67

tell me that when males are sent home for clothing that distracts females. niyad Aug 2015 #75

Are male students violating the dress code? Taitertots Aug 2015 #76

you are only assuming that it is enforced equally. niyad Aug 2015 #86

Trouble is, guys don't have a problem wearing crew necks Syzygy321 Aug 2015 #83

This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague Aug 2015 #41

Maybe some school officials experienced "hardening of the salami..." Eleanors38 Aug 2015 #44

"Hey, Baby! Nice Collarbones!" Said nobody ever. MineralMan Aug 2015 #45

I hate to say this, but there are a lot of worthless people in charge of public schools. Rex Aug 2015 #46

I hate that line (frequently used it seems) Syzygy321 Aug 2015 #51

I don't think showing a collar bone is wrong DawgHouse Aug 2015 #53

Policy is Clear One_Life_To_Give Aug 2015 #54

The Woman/Girl in the picture (sitting down) is showing a lot more than the daughter. BlueJazz Aug 2015 #73

Is that a thing in Kentucky? Jamastiene Aug 2015 #77

I think the dress code is the same for both sexes. Syzygy321 Aug 2015 #84

"Hey, Lou! Check out the collarbone on that one!" KamaAina Aug 2015 #78