“In the last few weeks, almost 200 students – almost all of them female – at Tottenville High School in Staten Island, New York have been given detention over dress code violations. Many of the young women showed back up to school in crop tops and tank tops, deliberately breaking the code in protest.”
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“Let’s be honest: rules for boys that prohibit certain kinds of jewelry or hoodies have nothing to do with their sexuality, whereas rules that seek to literally cover women’s bodies absolutely do.”
‘How many young women can a school legally punish for dress code violations?’
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/sep/17/women-school-dress-code-violations-legal
(Heard and read: If middle school and high school boys want to stare and make comments and get all hot and bothered, it’s not the fault of the girl’s choice of clothing.)
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