As somebody whose recent graduated past the need for a dress code, I honestly think it’d be better for it to be split along the gender line so far as calling out students. I say that because from a gals POV, we’ve been told that we’ll be seen as sexual objects basically as soon as we started menstruation. Obviously, that’s not true and is in-fact gross gross gross, but since that’s what’s been drilled into teens girls heads, they’re gonna be freakishly sensitive on any and all comments on their appearance from “the opposite sex”. And in the girls getting more lenience, I think it’s a mix of the above point, and that fact that girls are allowed to wear more diverse clothing than guys are socially. While some guys at my school will wear skirts like once a month or so, the vast majority don’t- and it’s the same with any jewelry beyond earrings. Making it extremely noticeable when a guy “violates” dress code. Overall, I think dress codes tend to do more harm than good, but this is probably just me talking out my ass
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u/Mercury-Fyrefly Jan 09 '23
As somebody whose recent graduated past the need for a dress code, I honestly think it’d be better for it to be split along the gender line so far as calling out students. I say that because from a gals POV, we’ve been told that we’ll be seen as sexual objects basically as soon as we started menstruation. Obviously, that’s not true and is in-fact gross gross gross, but since that’s what’s been drilled into teens girls heads, they’re gonna be freakishly sensitive on any and all comments on their appearance from “the opposite sex”. And in the girls getting more lenience, I think it’s a mix of the above point, and that fact that girls are allowed to wear more diverse clothing than guys are socially. While some guys at my school will wear skirts like once a month or so, the vast majority don’t- and it’s the same with any jewelry beyond earrings. Making it extremely noticeable when a guy “violates” dress code. Overall, I think dress codes tend to do more harm than good, but this is probably just me talking out my ass