Dress Codes and Gender

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Showing arms should not be an issue, especially since you live in an area where it's often over 90 degrees in June and September. That's just a ridiculous one.

I agree with your feeling. At the same time, I'm sure if boys were wearing skirts that were too short it WOULD become an issue to be addressed. But boys don't show off their bodies in the same ways girls show off theirs.

It's a dress code, not a body code.

Well, since dress = clothing and clothing exists to cover the body I'm not sure I see your point.

If someone's dress is inappropriately revealing for a school (professional) activity, obviously that comes under the dress code.

First, school is not a professional activity.

Second, "inappropriately revealing" depends not only on the clothing, but also on the body that wears the clothing. I could wear a shirt cut down to my belly button and not reveal cleavage. I have a bosomy friend who reveals cleavage in a high-cut V-neck.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Showing arms should not be an issue, especially since you live in an area where it's often over 90 degrees in June and September. That's just a ridiculous one.

I agree with your feeling. At the same time, I'm sure if boys were wearing skirts that were too short it WOULD become an issue to be addressed. But boys don't show off their bodies in the same ways girls show off theirs.

It's a dress code, not a body code.

Well, since dress = clothing and clothing exists to cover the body I'm not sure I see your point.

If someone's dress is inappropriately revealing for a school (professional) activity, obviously that comes under the dress code.

First, school is not a professional activity.

Second, "inappropriately revealing" depends not only on the clothing, but also on the body that wears the clothing. I could wear a shirt cut down to my belly button and not reveal cleavage. I have a bosomy friend who reveals cleavage in a high-cut V-neck.

Of course it is. School is my student's job and main responsibility. I want them to think about school in an official/professional mindset.

The (public) high school my kids attend even says as much in the handbook under the section about dress and appearance: Students should dress appropriately for a school setting and business environment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Showing arms should not be an issue, especially since you live in an area where it's often over 90 degrees in June and September. That's just a ridiculous one.

I agree with your feeling. At the same time, I'm sure if boys were wearing skirts that were too short it WOULD become an issue to be addressed. But boys don't show off their bodies in the same ways girls show off theirs.

It's a dress code, not a body code.

Well, since dress = clothing and clothing exists to cover the body I'm not sure I see your point.

If someone's dress is inappropriately revealing for a school (professional) activity, obviously that comes under the dress code.

First, school is not a professional activity.

Second, "inappropriately revealing" depends not only on the clothing, but also on the body that wears the clothing. I could wear a shirt cut down to my belly button and not reveal cleavage. I have a bosomy friend who reveals cleavage in a high-cut V-neck.

The second point is an important lesson for kids to learn. Appropriate varies not only by situation but also by person. That's normal, that's life, and that's something everyone should consider when selecting their clothes. What someone else can wear doesn't matter -- the only thing that is my kid's business is making sure she looks appropriate in what she chooses to wear.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

First, school is not a professional activity.

Second, "inappropriately revealing" depends not only on the clothing, but also on the body that wears the clothing. I could wear a shirt cut down to my belly button and not reveal cleavage. I have a bosomy friend who reveals cleavage in a high-cut V-neck.

The second point is an important lesson for kids to learn. Appropriate varies not only by situation but also by person. That's normal, that's life, and that's something everyone should consider when selecting their clothes. What someone else can wear doesn't matter -- the only thing that is my kid's business is making sure she looks appropriate in what she chooses to wear.

Exactly. It's your kid's business. It's not the school's business to say that a high-cut V-neck top is fine for flat-chested girls but a violation of the dress code for girls with large breasts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Of course it is. School is my student's job and main responsibility. I want them to think about school in an official/professional mindset.

The (public) high school my kids attend even says as much in the handbook under the section about dress and appearance: Students should dress appropriately for a school setting and business environment.

Are there many students at the public high school your kids attend who come to school in business attire?

[Anonymous]

Of course it is. School is my student's job and main responsibility. I want them to think about school in an official/professional mindset.

The (public) high school my kids attend even says as much in the handbook under the section about dress and appearance: Students should dress appropriately for a school setting and business environment.

Are there many students at the public high school your kids attend who come to school in business attire?

Obviously, this is a sarcastic post, but I don't understand the reason for it. I agree with the PP that school is a student's job. I do think kids should get into the habit of dressing for success, even in school, and that means dressing in clothes that are not inappropriate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Are there many students at the public high school your kids attend who come to school in business attire?

Anonymous wrote:Obviously, this is a sarcastic post, but I don't understand the reason for it. I agree with the PP that school is a student's job. I do think kids should get into the habit of dressing for success, even in school, and that means dressing in clothes that are not inappropriate.

The reason for it is the PP's citation of the PP's children's high schools handbook about dress and appearance: "Students should dress appropriately for a school setting and business environment."