The Pros And Cons Of Dress Codes In Schools

I am choosing to write my research paper on dress codes in schools. It is a controversial topic with many sides (pros and cons) that affect how each individual views the subject. It is a topic that has been shown some light in recent years, especially in New York City. I thought about my friend who was sent home for wearing skinny jeans, along with some 200 other girls who were given detention for being “inappropriately” dressed at a Staten Island High School. Girls are told from a very young age to cover up. I was personally told to not wear spaghetti straps, shorts that fall below my fingertips and to not show my midriff. Multiple times in elementary school, I, and many other young girls, were sent down to the office or even sent home because we were wearing shirts that showed our shoulders. What these school administrators do not realize is that they are telling girls that covering their bodies is more
I would first like to develop an organization that has clubs or programs in schools or outside of schools where girls can have a safe space to talk and discuss anything, especially topics like dress codes. They are there to encourage girls to feel comfortable in their own skin and to dress for themselves. After that, protests can begin and they would be held outside of major educational facilities along with having petitions directed as school principals, chancellors, and mayors. The end goal would be to end dress codes in one area and then move on to the bigger, surrounding areas. When writing this paper, I think finding academic sources will be the hardest thing to accomplish. I would like to find sources on how dress codes can mentally affect young women and how they can lead to the possibility of sexual assault. I plan to talk about the social aspects like how dress codes perpetuate rape culture, lead to mental aspects and how they affect young women, then lead to how to make a