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Anonymous wrote:What is the theory against non-religious based facial hair? I'm curious as to the reasoning.

Because they're children, not adults.

Moustaches and beards on high schoolers never look great. If a school has a dress code or uniforms, it makes perfect sense they also have policies regarding facial hair along with things like earrings or tattoos, and, of course, types of haircuts or hair lengths for boys.

So what about an 18yo HS senior then?

Private school here. Facial hair must be trimmed.

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Mustaches and beards on high schoolers never look great.

Never? Speak for your own family
My teen boys grow a wonderful looking beard

+1. My son is quite handsome with his mustache and goatee. He started getting mustache at 11. Now he is 15 and looks 19-20.

He looks like this stock image

it's the schools' decision. You are more than welcome to find the school with a policy in line with your expectations but it is really a silly thing to complain if a school does have policies regarding facial hair as they will have policies regarding all forms of dress and grooming. As a PP commented, the military requires clean shaven faces and somehow that has never caused a controversy.

We are already at a school we like their policy (or non policy about policing boys) fine. I only commented on PP saying they never look good.

If the policy were to require girls to have hair on their legs their legs, we’d collectively be in an uproar just like we are when schools require girls to wear skirts. But when an unjust rule only impacts boys, people don’t care.

There are private schools that do require girls to wear skirts as part of their uniform. Or schools that require ties and specific dress codes or ban earrings and so forth.

You've made your views clear enough. I'm not bothered by schools that ban facial hair on students. I do see why and it's not an issue for me. Both options exist, so find the school that meets your expectations.

Clothing is not the best comparison. Requiring girls to shave their legs would be most comparable. Are there any schools that require girls to shave their legs? How would you feel if there were?

There is a makeup rule. They will make you wash off too much makeup.

Makeup is not the same. It’s something you optionally put on your face. Facial hair is natural growing. Not the same. I get that privates can have whatever rule they want. But let’s not pretend it’s a sexist rule if they don’t require girls to shave their legs.

They require all students to be clean-shaven. They don’t require any student to shave their legs. Equal treatment.

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Mustaches and beards on high schoolers never look great.

Never? Speak for your own family
My teen boys grow a wonderful looking beard

+1. My son is quite handsome with his mustache and goatee. He started getting mustache at 11. Now he is 15 and looks 19-20.

He looks like this stock image

it's the schools' decision. You are more than welcome to find the school with a policy in line with your expectations but it is really a silly thing to complain if a school does have policies regarding facial hair as they will have policies regarding all forms of dress and grooming. As a PP commented, the military requires clean shaven faces and somehow that has never caused a controversy.

We are already at a school we like their policy (or non policy about policing boys) fine. I only commented on PP saying they never look good.

If the policy were to require girls to have hair on their legs their legs, we’d collectively be in an uproar just like we are when schools require girls to wear skirts. But when an unjust rule only impacts boys, people don’t care.

There are private schools that do require girls to wear skirts as part of their uniform. Or schools that require ties and specific dress codes or ban earrings and so forth.

You've made your views clear enough. I'm not bothered by schools that ban facial hair on students. I do see why and it's not an issue for me. Both options exist, so find the school that meets your expectations.

Clothing is not the best comparison. Requiring girls to shave their legs would be most comparable. Are there any schools that require girls to shave their legs? How would you feel if there were?

There is a makeup rule. They will make you wash off too much makeup.

Makeup is not the same. It’s something you optionally put on your face. Facial hair is natural growing. Not the same. I get that privates can have whatever rule they want. But let’s not pretend it’s a sexist rule if they don’t require girls to shave their legs.

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Anonymous wrote:My DH started to grow a full beard at 15 due to some medication he was on. He would have to shave every single day. Schools shouldn't ban hair that grows out of your body that you can't control.

This!

Gross and of course he could control it, just shave. Millions of men do this every day……not difficult.

You're a woman. I trust that you have lasered off all of your body hair (arms, legs, groin) so that it never grows back and that you keep your own "gross" hair on your head at a hygienic, not-gross length of maybe 1 cm? Right? Since hair is gross, you _also_ should not have hair.



otherwise you're just spouting your visual preferences and imposing them on other people.

It's almost like you're unfamiliar with what wearing a uniform is for.

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Mustaches and beards on high schoolers never look great.

Never? Speak for your own family
My teen boys grow a wonderful looking beard

+1. My son is quite handsome with his mustache and goatee. He started getting mustache at 11. Now he is 15 and looks 19-20.

He looks like this stock image

it's the schools' decision. You are more than welcome to find the school with a policy in line with your expectations but it is really a silly thing to complain if a school does have policies regarding facial hair as they will have policies regarding all forms of dress and grooming. As a PP commented, the military requires clean shaven faces and somehow that has never caused a controversy.

We are already at a school we like their policy (or non policy about policing boys) fine. I only commented on PP saying they never look good.

If the policy were to require girls to have hair on their legs their legs, we’d collectively be in an uproar just like we are when schools require girls to wear skirts. But when an unjust rule only impacts boys, people don’t care.

There are private schools that do require girls to wear skirts as part of their uniform. Or schools that require ties and specific dress codes or ban earrings and so forth.

You've made your views clear enough. I'm not bothered by schools that ban facial hair on students. I do see why and it's not an issue for me. Both options exist, so find the school that meets your expectations.

Clothing is not the best comparison. Requiring girls to shave their legs would be most comparable. Are there any schools that require girls to shave their legs? How would you feel if there were?

There is a makeup rule. They will make you wash off too much makeup.

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Anonymous wrote:I never thought about this until now and I have a son with intentional, styled facial hair (vs. overslept and didn’t have time to shave facial hair). He attends either maret, st albans or sidwell* and no one in authority has ever brought up his facial hair.

I think we all intuitively know GDS wouldn’t have physical appearance policies, save for a prohibition on certain message t-shirts.

Same with our boys' Catholic high school; lots of different hair styles and facial hair.

Which school is that. Gz, heights and prep have facial hair rules

How you feel about it does not matter because you are not required to send your kids to a school that requires it.

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Mustaches and beards on high schoolers never look great.

Never? Speak for your own family
My teen boys grow a wonderful looking beard

+1. My son is quite handsome with his mustache and goatee. He started getting mustache at 11. Now he is 15 and looks 19-20.

He looks like this stock image

it's the schools' decision. You are more than welcome to find the school with a policy in line with your expectations but it is really a silly thing to complain if a school does have policies regarding facial hair as they will have policies regarding all forms of dress and grooming. As a PP commented, the military requires clean shaven faces and somehow that has never caused a controversy.

We are already at a school we like their policy (or non policy about policing boys) fine. I only commented on PP saying they never look good.

If the policy were to require girls to have hair on their legs their legs, we’d collectively be in an uproar just like we are when schools require girls to wear skirts. But when an unjust rule only impacts boys, people don’t care.

There are private schools that do require girls to wear skirts as part of their uniform. Or schools that require ties and specific dress codes or ban earrings and so forth.

You've made your views clear enough. I'm not bothered by schools that ban facial hair on students. I do see why and it's not an issue for me. Both options exist, so find the school that meets your expectations.

Clothing is not the best comparison. Requiring girls to shave their legs would be most comparable. Are there any schools that require girls to shave their legs? How would you feel if there were?

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Anonymous wrote:

Mustaches and beards on high schoolers never look great.

Never? Speak for your own family
My teen boys grow a wonderful looking beard

+1. My son is quite handsome with his mustache and goatee. He started getting mustache at 11. Now he is 15 and looks 19-20.

He looks like this stock image

it's the schools' decision. You are more than welcome to find the school with a policy in line with your expectations but it is really a silly thing to complain if a school does have policies regarding facial hair as they will have policies regarding all forms of dress and grooming. As a PP commented, the military requires clean shaven faces and somehow that has never caused a controversy.

We are already at a school we like their policy (or non policy about policing boys) fine. I only commented on PP saying they never look good.

If the policy were to require girls to have hair on their legs their legs, we’d collectively be in an uproar just like we are when schools require girls to wear skirts. But when an unjust rule only impacts boys, people don’t care.

There are private schools that do require girls to wear skirts as part of their uniform. Or schools that require ties and specific dress codes or ban earrings and so forth.

You've made your views clear enough. I'm not bothered by schools that ban facial hair on students. I do see why and it's not an issue for me. Both options exist, so find the school that meets your expectations.

*if the policy required girls to shave their legs

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Anonymous wrote:

Mustaches and beards on high schoolers never look great.

Never? Speak for your own family
My teen boys grow a wonderful looking beard

+1. My son is quite handsome with his mustache and goatee. He started getting mustache at 11. Now he is 15 and looks 19-20.

He looks like this stock image

it's the schools' decision. You are more than welcome to find the school with a policy in line with your expectations but it is really a silly thing to complain if a school does have policies regarding facial hair as they will have policies regarding all forms of dress and grooming. As a PP commented, the military requires clean shaven faces and somehow that has never caused a controversy.

We are already at a school we like their policy (or non policy about policing boys) fine. I only commented on PP saying they never look good.

If the policy were to require girls to have hair on their legs their legs, we’d collectively be in an uproar just like we are when schools require girls to wear skirts. But when an unjust rule only impacts boys, people don’t care.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Mustaches and beards on high schoolers never look great.

Never? Speak for your own family
My teen boys grow a wonderful looking beard

+1. My son is quite handsome with his mustache and goatee. He started getting mustache at 11. Now he is 15 and looks 19-20.

He looks like this stock image

it's the schools' decision. You are more than welcome to find the school with a policy in line with your expectations but it is really a silly thing to complain if a school does have policies regarding facial hair as they will have policies regarding all forms of dress and grooming. As a PP commented, the military requires clean shaven faces and somehow that has never caused a controversy.

I think rules pertaining to dress and grooming are different than requiring shaving all hair that is naturally coming out of one's body in a particular location.
We are not discussing military school, so the above reference to the military is irrelevant. Islamic extremists require women to cover their faces, that is irrelevant to this discussion as well, and clearly would not be considered appropriate in a mainstream DC private school, even if it was legal.
We are talking about mainstream private school. I do think it's odd to be so hyper controlling as to require a teenager to not have any facial hair at all. It is a part of their body.

Anonymous wrote:It’s almost like we have run out of things to fight about here.

No, you have no real problems so you whine and complain about insignificant things. The walls of the private school bubble are thick and obscure the real world.

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Mustaches and beards on high schoolers never look great.

Never? Speak for your own family
My teen boys grow a wonderful looking beard

+1. My son is quite handsome with his mustache and goatee. He started getting mustache at 11. Now he is 15 and looks 19-20.

He looks like this stock image

it's the schools' decision. You are more than welcome to find the school with a policy in line with your expectations but it is really a silly thing to complain if a school does have policies regarding facial hair as they will have policies regarding all forms of dress and grooming. As a PP commented, the military requires clean shaven faces and somehow that has never caused a controversy.