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39. I guess....I just don't like kids getting killed over a pair of sneakers

Reply to laundry_queen (Reply #36)

Tue Sep 15, 2015, 11:38 PM

Sep 2015

I guess I am old fashioned that way. Kids wear the same shoe and you'd have kids still living. I know freedumb and all.

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School dress codes reinforce the message that women�s bodies are dangerous [View all] niyad Sep 2015 OP

This irritates me to no end laundry_queen Sep 2015 #1

some people insist that the answer is school uniforms, which irks me no end. let's just get niyad Sep 2015 #5

That's what school does anyway The2ndWheel Sep 2015 #12

Exactly. laundry_queen Sep 2015 #23

Uniforms would solve a lot of this crap yeoman6987 Sep 2015 #27

My kids just started HS in an katsy Sep 2015 #43

Uniforms!!!! It would take care of so much yeoman6987 Sep 2015 #26

Hell no. nt laundry_queen Sep 2015 #36

I guess....I just don't like kids getting killed over a pair of sneakers yeoman6987 Sep 2015 #39

Silly laundry_queen Sep 2015 #40

Yeah now you are being insincere yeoman6987 Sep 2015 #41

Where did I say they weren't ever? laundry_queen Sep 2015 #42

As a guy, I find it offensive to say that I wouldn't be able to focus mythology Sep 2015 #2

as I said, the fact that the male teachers find the attire of the girls distracting is disturbing niyad Sep 2015 #4

Too many guys use that as a cop out for boorish behavior. mythology Sep 2015 #10

sadly, you are correct. niyad Sep 2015 #13

. . . niyad Sep 2015 #3

So, now it's for the male teachers that the girls have to MineralMan Sep 2015 #6

I wonder if they should even be in charge of young students at all. niyad Sep 2015 #8

That's an excellent question. MineralMan Sep 2015 #16

Even that wouldn't help mythology Sep 2015 #11

I wonder if the guys making up these dress codes are closet pedophiles meow2u3 Sep 2015 #29

interesting question. one also has to wonder about the women who are going along niyad Sep 2015 #45

On the other hand Matariki Sep 2015 #7

this society sexualizes young women almost from birth, and then penalizes them for acting niyad Sep 2015 #9

Yup. Matariki Sep 2015 #17

And anyone that tries to do something about it zipplewrath Sep 2015 #19

Two things about this. Orrex Sep 2015 #14

unfortunately, too many people do not accept that your #2 is the point. niyad Sep 2015 #15

In 1963, I was a senior in high school in California. MineralMan Sep 2015 #18

good for your girlfriend and her father. niyad Sep 2015 #20

+1 jonno99 Sep 2015 #37

I fully support school uniforms but this school sounds like it went way beyond. KittyWampus Sep 2015 #21

Agree Egnever Sep 2015 #35

Girls have more rules because they have more choice whatthehey Sep 2015 #22

I'm not sure that's true A Little Weird Sep 2015 #24

Any schools allow skirts/dresses/culottes/yoga pants for boys? Then I'm sure. whatthehey Sep 2015 #25

I don't think kilts were banned from my school A Little Weird Sep 2015 #28

That's weird - did you change your post? A Little Weird Sep 2015 #30

But in answer to your question A Little Weird Sep 2015 #31

The girls at those schools should get together and wear Burkas. That would start the shit-a-flying. BlueJazz Sep 2015 #32

at one point, the high school I attended tried to outlaw both min-skirts and granny niyad Sep 2015 #33

What's wrong with granny dresses.? Maybe the men need to see just-a-little-leg? BlueJazz Sep 2015 #38

the board claimed that the granny dresses were also "distracting", from being so niyad Sep 2015 #47

Only one solution. Hire only female teachers. nt valerief Sep 2015 #34

Why don't Guys wear Short Shorts Anymore ? JI7 Sep 2015 #44

I see this kind of thing almost every day in the warmer weather. niyad Sep 2015 #46