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You don't even seem to understand the point. Girls bodies belong to them - not to the general public. Unless they ask you directly what you think of their clothes, you can assume that they (and their parents) are not interested. Telling girls what they can and cannot wear sends the message that they have to present themselves in a way that is pleasing to other people - and that's more important than pleasing themselves.

It is creepy and controlling for you to be so judgemental about what other people are wearing and I find it impossible to understand why you (and school administrators) feel justified in expressing your (unwanted) opinions.

(Also - maybe lay off on the Google searches for pictures of teenagers asses.)[/quote]

NP here.   You don't seem to understand decorum, and you also cannot grasp that not every attire rule is about slut shaming and putting a thumb on the righteous power of the female.  'taint about girls bodies "belonging" to them.  Duh.   They can't do whatever they please with their bodies just because those bodies belong to them.  They can't use their fierce bodies to kick a classmate in the throat, poop on the floor, have sex against their locker, or walk nude down the hall before first bell.

Breathe.  And note that [u]attire standards apply to all students,[/u] not just the girls.

Here are some other things that wouldn't be OK at Deal:
[img]http://image.dhgate.com/albu_429757368_00-1.0x0/hot-new-comfy-sexy-men-039-s-male-see-through.jpg[/img]
[img]http://g01.s.alicdn.com/kf/HTB1Urp8FVXXXXb_XFXXq6xXFXXXJ/202865916/HTB1Urp8FVXXXXb_XFXXq6xXFXXXJ.jpg[/img]
[img]http://thyblackman.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/saggingpants.jpg[/img]
[img]http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61KF9LEyK1L._UL1500_.jpg[/img][/quote]

New poster.

+1000

Thank you for some common sense in this thread.

All of these "don't slut shame posts" are so ridiculous, for two reasons.

First, you talk as if there is no limit to what you would allow students to wear in middle school. That slut-positive rhetoric is applicable to adults walking around in public. We are talking about students at school here. If an adult woman wants to walk around topless in one of the cities where it is legal, I salute her. If a middle schooler does it at school, I tell her to put a shirt on.

Second, since you are trying so hard to be feminist, you should do some reading on how fashion choices can be both feminist and non feminist depending on the situation. Just because a middle school girl is making her own choice to wear tight revealing clothing, doesn't mean that allowing her the choice is feminist. You are her parent. You have to consider the peer pressure and other pressures that she feels. Here's a start, a comic that explains it better than I could:

http://everydayfeminism.com/2015/07/choices-not-always-feminist/

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