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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm a teacher and am totally torn in this.  Was just talking about it with a non-teacher friend yesterday.  I'm all for not objectifying, but earlier this year I was walking up stairs behind a student and I glanced upwards and could literally see half her butt.  Her shorts were so short she might as well have been wearing a thong bathing suit.  I don't want to see that.[/quote]

Look elsewhere. Not that hard.[/quote]

Then in your opinion, wearing a thong bathing suit would be equally okay. Or nothing, I suppose.[/quote]

I'm not the PP you're responding to, but I don't have any problems with a school dress code that says that students must wear street clothes (as opposed to swimsuits or pajamas). I also don't have any problems with a school dress code that says that clothes must cover the genitals and buttocks. I have a major, major problem with a school dress code that says that students may not wear clothes that distract other students. let alone a school dress code that says that students may not wear clothes that I don't want to see.[/quote]

Isn't this just splitting hairs? Why would genitals and buttocks need to be covered, except for that they would otherwise be rather distracting to other students?[/quote]

For me, it's a hygiene issue more than modesty.[/quote]

Really. So then I imagine you are fine with letting kids (male and female) go topless at school? Nothing unhygienic about that, right? And Saran Wrap bottoms, that revealed all but kept things "hygienic," would be okay, too, correct?[/quote]

Saran wrap is absolutely *not* hygienic, nor are bathing suit bottoms.  As to tops, my personal concern is that the structure of the breasts be upheld, so when she has enough to warrant needing a bra, she needs to wear a bra.  Until then?  I send all the kids (including undeveloped girls) out in the yard without shirts when they are eating watermelon and other juicy/messy food.  As long as the 12 year old girl isn't developed and isn't uncomfortable like that, I don't think it's anyone else's business.[/quote]

No one asked a question about appropriate clothing for the beach or the backyard. The question was about appropriately clothing for school.[/quote]

I understand that.  I stand by my statement.  I wouldn't have an issue with an undeveloped girl going topless at school, developed girls need to wear something for support.  And anything that allows airflow while covering the genitals is fine by me.  My objection to Saran wasn't that it's see-through, it's the lack of permeability, and it's the same issue I have with kids wearing bathing suits when they aren't going swimming.[/quote]

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