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Syzygy321

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83. Trouble is, guys don't have a problem wearing crew necks

Fri Aug 21, 2015, 06:29 PM

Aug 2015

Because they aren't conditioned to dress pretty and sexy, the way girls are. I bet the boys aren't sent home often, simply because they wear t shirts and jeans, rather than tank tops layered under sweaters, and other elaborate girly attire.

The school is demanding unisex standards. The girls, however, want to please boys and fit in with sexist culture by being fashionable and wearing body-flattering styles and showing skin.

The conflict between society's demands (females must look pretty!) and the school's demands (same dress code for everyone) may well mean that girls get sent home a lot more than boys. But that doesn't make the school sexist.

(I do completely agree that the line about "distracting the boys" is just. plain. disgusting. Ugh, why? Why??)

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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