A group of high school students, were protesting their school's ban against tank tops and leggings, female students said that they were informed that this type of clothing was "too much of an interruption” to the men in their school. Can clothes really affect your capability of receiving an education? Does enforcing dress code favor men, but not women? It is absurd to me that the idea of a teen wearing leggings is provoking a male student and keeping him from getting an education. (Menza). Students should be able to express themselves by their individual fashion and having a dress code restricts them because it’s limiting, it’s sexist, and it creates a shaming of the body and therefore can ignite a self esteem war within oneself.
Having a dress code doesn't just restrict students from wearing what they want; it restricts them from the way they show their individuality. "By telling us what we can wear, they are taking away our diversity as people and cultures," says Michael Bowies, a junior at Stamford High (Pardon my do-rag). People often show their …show more content…
By calling a girl's clothes "distracting," you are implying that she is at fault for any disruptions that go on that day. So just stop your task that you're doing right now and just ask yourself what is more distracting: a girl's outfit, or the rule itself (Menza)? The school dress codes should be completely taken away from school districts a student's attire is how he/she expresses themselves and it helps to show how all of the students are completely different in their own unique way. By enforcing dress code, students can, not express themselves, they can, not be different, because this rule has so many restrictions. Dress codes are limiting, sexist, and shames our bodies. Students should be allowed to wear what they like to express their individual