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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a boy and a girl and am pretty quick to jump on gender stereotypes. And I think you have a small point about the email, OP.  The contents probably should have been completely gender neutral, with references to “children to wearing unsecured shoes” and “children not wearing clothes with big armholes,” rather than specifying gender.  The principal probably should have taken more care with the wording, been more considerate of possible gender non-conforming kids, etc.

But your post is the kind of over the top, making a point of being PC for the point of being PC crap that makes common sense liberals look bad.  I have no problem with the underlying content.  Here in the real world, girls are the ones wearing spaghetti straps and flats, and boys are the ones wearing big armholes. Girls stay in ES through 6th grade in FCPS and usually are wearing bras, have not puberty, and are physically developed by late ES. And some parents just do not have common sense when it comes to buying clothes for their kids, or don’t set limits, or think it’s more important to let their kids been cool than to insist on appropriate dress. Some of the clothes both boys and girls wear is distracting. And does not belong in school.  And it only gets worse in MS. I would have not problem with a rule that said no sleeveless shirts for either gender, period.

I think you could go to the principal and argue semantics, and poor choice of defining dress code by gender. And I think most principals would concede your point. But this is not the Hill I would choose to die on. [/quote]

Boys don't wear sandals to elementary school. They just don't.

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