I think that reasonable dress codes are essential. I also do no feel that this is a sexist rule. I certainly do not think boys' underwear should be showing any more than girls' underwear or bra straps. The girl pictured in the article is dressed reasonably, in my opinion, however, she is breaking the rules. Another student might take that same rule (of not showing undergarments) and take it to a greater extreme. For good or bad, rules have to be policed in an unbiased fashion and just because this girl's breaking of the school dress code seams to be inoffensive does not negate the fact that she is breaking school rules, regardless of the fact that those rules are usually there to prevent more extreme offences.
Jonathan - 10 years ago
I especially like how the mother uses her daughter to try and prove a point instead of doing it herself. If she dislikes the dresscode that much than she should discuss her concerns with the school.
Marc - 10 years ago
I think speghetti straps are acceptable, but without a base of a dress code, students will stretch what they think is acceptable a long way....if there was no dress code, students would dress however they want and will not grow up or educate themselves to what society's standards should be. This is now stretching into the work force as well!
sherry - 10 years ago
Things are getting out of control with the way our young are dressing. The girls are showing everything and the boys look like slobs. I don't want to see your underwear nor do I need to. Even school uniforms for the girls are really short. Get a clue people...teen pregnancy is ramped. Way to many of the young males are rude, perverse, and aggressive. The "zero tolerance" policy needs to be enforced and we need to get our children back on track. Put them all in proper uniforms, make it the law they have to graduate, stop providing them with welfare unless they are actually actively applying for jobs, and make drug testing mandatory for both school and welfare. Let's get educated and employed. It has to start somewhere so get their minds back in the books.
Tania Berthiaume - 10 years ago
We are not talking about woman we are talking about young girls. It is terrible how we suggest a girl is being provocative for simply wearing spaghetti straps to school - I totally understand that we need to be dressed sensibly in school but the current dress code is sexist. We are saddling young girls with sexuality that is not even on their radars yet. When a young girls walks down the hallway chatting with their friends and a teacher or principle calls them out for inappropriate dress they have no clue why because they are too young to be thinking of being sexual - that is our fault, our perceptions, not theirs - We have to teach our girls how to respect themselves and to make wise and appropriate choices but without compromising their rights.
Fulbert Bainto - 10 years ago
There are sexual predators in every society. Women who wear provocative attires are more likely to become victims of sexual assaults and rapes than those who dress more conservatively. Abnormal sexual behavior is a disease and provoking them does not help at all. We do not know who they are until they are caught doing it. Sexual predators who came from more conservative countries like the Muslim countries have lesser chance of committing sex crime in their own country that is why they come to Canada and other countries where women dresses more provocatively than in their own country. Even normal men can be distracted when there is a woman dressed provocatively around them. In a school setting, learning could be more difficult with such kind of distraction.
I think that reasonable dress codes are essential. I also do no feel that this is a sexist rule. I certainly do not think boys' underwear should be showing any more than girls' underwear or bra straps. The girl pictured in the article is dressed reasonably, in my opinion, however, she is breaking the rules. Another student might take that same rule (of not showing undergarments) and take it to a greater extreme. For good or bad, rules have to be policed in an unbiased fashion and just because this girl's breaking of the school dress code seams to be inoffensive does not negate the fact that she is breaking school rules, regardless of the fact that those rules are usually there to prevent more extreme offences.
I especially like how the mother uses her daughter to try and prove a point instead of doing it herself. If she dislikes the dresscode that much than she should discuss her concerns with the school.
I think speghetti straps are acceptable, but without a base of a dress code, students will stretch what they think is acceptable a long way....if there was no dress code, students would dress however they want and will not grow up or educate themselves to what society's standards should be. This is now stretching into the work force as well!
Things are getting out of control with the way our young are dressing. The girls are showing everything and the boys look like slobs. I don't want to see your underwear nor do I need to. Even school uniforms for the girls are really short. Get a clue people...teen pregnancy is ramped. Way to many of the young males are rude, perverse, and aggressive. The "zero tolerance" policy needs to be enforced and we need to get our children back on track. Put them all in proper uniforms, make it the law they have to graduate, stop providing them with welfare unless they are actually actively applying for jobs, and make drug testing mandatory for both school and welfare. Let's get educated and employed. It has to start somewhere so get their minds back in the books.
We are not talking about woman we are talking about young girls. It is terrible how we suggest a girl is being provocative for simply wearing spaghetti straps to school - I totally understand that we need to be dressed sensibly in school but the current dress code is sexist. We are saddling young girls with sexuality that is not even on their radars yet. When a young girls walks down the hallway chatting with their friends and a teacher or principle calls them out for inappropriate dress they have no clue why because they are too young to be thinking of being sexual - that is our fault, our perceptions, not theirs - We have to teach our girls how to respect themselves and to make wise and appropriate choices but without compromising their rights.
There are sexual predators in every society. Women who wear provocative attires are more likely to become victims of sexual assaults and rapes than those who dress more conservatively. Abnormal sexual behavior is a disease and provoking them does not help at all. We do not know who they are until they are caught doing it. Sexual predators who came from more conservative countries like the Muslim countries have lesser chance of committing sex crime in their own country that is why they come to Canada and other countries where women dresses more provocatively than in their own country. Even normal men can be distracted when there is a woman dressed provocatively around them. In a school setting, learning could be more difficult with such kind of distraction.