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No, they were considered inappropriate because they showed skin/cleavage/butts/etc. Which is totally acceptable for a school to set limits for, just as they are able to set limits that kids wear dressy clothes for a performance or conference.

Why? Why is it acceptable for a school to tell a girl that the dress for her homecoming dance may not expose her collar bone, or her back, or her stomach, or her knees, or her upper arms, or...? If the school required all homecoming dance dresses to have sleeves to the wrist because it's inappropriate to have bare arms at a school dance, would you support that? How about heel height? Girls are only allowed to wear heels of 2.5" or less; please bring your shoes to the office the day before the dance so that the school secretary can measure them? How about color? The principal thinks that the combination of lime green and Kelly green is hideously ugly, so nobody is allowed to wear anything that has both colors?

You are being intentionally obtuse.

More likely than not, we all know when a dress is sleazy, inappropriate and out of bounds from what most kids their age are wearing.

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Anonymous wrote:Facially discriminatory. Nearly all school dress codes are. They are invasive and disgusting. We do not comply, and we will happily sue any individual school admin, in his/her personal capacity, if we get called in.

Oh stop.

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Why shouldn't a school be able to tell a girl not to show her private parts in public? Who wants to see her ass crack? It's become so ridiculous that schools have to monitor what kids wear because no one else is monitoring it. What happened to the days where parents didn't want their kids to go to the prom with their asses hanging out of their dress?

But the school didn't do that. It would have been easy to do that, by making the rule, "No visible genitals." No need to fool around with all of this ridiculous and ineffective pre-approval of dresses (and only dresses -- as though genitals couldn't also be visible when people are wearing skirts or shorts). So why didn't the school do that?

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No, they were considered inappropriate because they showed skin/cleavage/butts/etc. Which is totally acceptable for a school to set limits for, just as they are able to set limits that kids wear dressy clothes for a performance or conference.

Why? Why is it acceptable for a school to tell a girl that the dress for her homecoming dance may not expose her collar bone, or her back, or her stomach, or her knees, or her upper arms, or...? If the school required all homecoming dance dresses to have sleeves to the wrist because it's inappropriate to have bare arms at a school dance, would you support that? How about heel height? Girls are only allowed to wear heels of 2.5" or less; please bring your shoes to the office the day before the dance so that the school secretary can measure them? How about color? The principal thinks that the combination of lime green and Kelly green is hideously ugly, so nobody is allowed to wear anything that has both colors?

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No, actually, that isn't true. If she's going to a function, the sponsor of that function can and should dictate the dress code. I still can't understand why anyone defends girls (or boys) showing their private parts in public.

If the showing of private parts is your concern, the school can easily address this concern by making the rule "All clothing worn to the homecoming dance must cover the area of the body ordinarily covered by underpants". No need to assess "appropriateness", no pre-clearance of dresses, no scrutiny of teenage girls' bodies by adult school administrators. Are you ok with this rule? I am.

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No, they were considered inappropriate because they showed skin/cleavage/butts/etc. Which is totally acceptable for a school to set limits for, just as they are able to set limits that kids wear dressy clothes for a performance or conference.

Why? Why is it acceptable for a school to tell a girl that the dress for her homecoming dance may not expose her collar bone, or her back, or her stomach, or her knees, or her upper arms, or...? If the school required all homecoming dance dresses to have sleeves to the wrist because it's inappropriate to have bare arms at a school dance, would you support that? How about heel height? Girls are only allowed to wear heels of 2.5" or less; please bring your shoes to the office the day before the dance so that the school secretary can measure them? How about color? The principal thinks that the combination of lime green and Kelly green is hideously ugly, so nobody is allowed to wear anything that has both colors?

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Anonymous wrote:I am guessing that in your hometown someone showed up inone of those skanky trashy homecoming dresses that look like a stripper picked it out.

As I tell my kids, stupid school rules are usually the result of A) someone's really stupid action B) Someone getting hurt C) A pita complaining or D) a combination of the three.

Stupid school rules are the result of school administrators making stupid rules. School administrators were not forced to make this rule. A skimpy dress is a skimpy dress, not a gun to the head.

Nope.

Running a school (or any other kids activity) is like organizing a wedding with 2000 mother in laws, each with different ideas on how things should be done.

This rule is a result of trampy mom who things a sexy tramp dress is a great idea for her 14 year old daughter to wow everyone at homecoming.

I bet the dress that sparked this rule was a doozy.

And this forced the school administrators to make a stupid rule because...?

Likely the skanky-ness is ripe at that high school and they uad to shut it down somehow.

Apparently, skanky-ness is the new female empowerment.

And who are you to decide what is skanky and what is not? You know what I find the most skanky behavior of all. Grown ass woman calling little girls skanky no matter what the said little girl is wearing.

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Anonymous wrote:I am guessing that in your hometown someone showed up inone of those skanky trashy homecoming dresses that look like a stripper picked it out.

As I tell my kids, stupid school rules are usually the result of A) someone's really stupid action B) Someone getting hurt C) A pita complaining or D) a combination of the three.

Stupid school rules are the result of school administrators making stupid rules. School administrators were not forced to make this rule. A skimpy dress is a skimpy dress, not a gun to the head.

Nope.

Running a school (or any other kids activity) is like organizing a wedding with 2000 mother in laws, each with different ideas on how things should be done.

This rule is a result of trampy mom who things a sexy tramp dress is a great idea for her 14 year old daughter to wow everyone at homecoming.

I bet the dress that sparked this rule was a doozy.

And this forced the school administrators to make a stupid rule because...?

Likely the skanky-ness is ripe at that high school and they uad to shut it down somehow.

Apparently, skanky-ness is the new female empowerment.

And who are you to decide what is skanky and what is not? You know what I find the most skanky behavior of all. Grown ass woman calling little girls skanky no matter what the said little girl is wearing.

Wow, you're quite a drama queen, lol. Sorry, I don't call "little girls" skanky no matter what they're wearing, but I will call 'em as I see 'em. If you're a-ok with teenaged girls going to Homecoming in dresses too short to sit down in and having boys lift those dresses up so their undergarments are in plain view while they freak dance, then I feel sorry for you and the girls you impart that message to. There's nothing empowering for either the boy or the girl in that situation. And, no I don't think the boys should be doing that, either. It's sad that that behavior is tolerated, and even encouraged, from any gender. If we don't have standards for our kids, no one will.

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Anonymous wrote:I've seen some pretty slinky/revealing dresses at homecoming and prom. I was under the impression it was the parent's responsibility to make sure their child was dressed appropriately. Unfortunately, parents are not doing their job...so somebody has to do it.

And so it is. Each parent has the job of making the decision for their child about the appropriateness of the child's clothing. To ensure that each parent has done their job, the school can require a signed form from each student attending the homecoming dance. I hereby certify that I do/do not (circle one) consider my child, Larlo/Larla, to be dressed appropriately for the homecoming dance, signed Larlo/Larla's parent. Students whose parents circled "do not" will be turned away at the door.

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Anonymous wrote:I am guessing that in your hometown someone showed up inone of those skanky trashy homecoming dresses that look like a stripper picked it out.

As I tell my kids, stupid school rules are usually the result of A) someone's really stupid action B) Someone getting hurt C) A pita complaining or D) a combination of the three.

Stupid school rules are the result of school administrators making stupid rules. School administrators were not forced to make this rule. A skimpy dress is a skimpy dress, not a gun to the head.

Nope.

Running a school (or any other kids activity) is like organizing a wedding with 2000 mother in laws, each with different ideas on how things should be done.

This rule is a result of trampy mom who things a sexy tramp dress is a great idea for her 14 year old daughter to wow everyone at homecoming.

I bet the dress that sparked this rule was a doozy.

And this forced the school administrators to make a stupid rule because...?

Likely the skanky-ness is ripe at that high school and they uad to shut it down somehow.

Apparently, skanky-ness is the new female empowerment.

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Anonymous wrote:I am guessing that in your hometown someone showed up inone of those skanky trashy homecoming dresses that look like a stripper picked it out.

As I tell my kids, stupid school rules are usually the result of A) someone's really stupid action B) Someone getting hurt C) A pita complaining or D) a combination of the three.

Stupid school rules are the result of school administrators making stupid rules. School administrators were not forced to make this rule. A skimpy dress is a skimpy dress, not a gun to the head.

Nope.

Running a school (or any other kids activity) is like organizing a wedding with 2000 mother in laws, each with different ideas on how things should be done.

This rule is a result of trampy mom who things a sexy tramp dress is a great idea for her 14 year old daughter to wow everyone at homecoming.

I bet the dress that sparked this rule was a doozy.

Agreed. Some of the girls at Homecoming last year could hardly sit down because their dresses were so short their crotches were exposed. Why is there any argument that aside from going to work in the sex industry, it isn't a good idea to wear dresses that expose your crotch, even if you're not anywhere near boys?

Anonymous wrote:I'm not allowed to show cleavage or my butt crack or my midriff at work omg its sooooo discriminatory and slut shame-y

Anonymous wrote:I am guessing that in your hometown someone showed up inone of those skanky trashy homecoming dresses that look like a stripper picked it out.

As I tell my kids, stupid school rules are usually the result of A) someone's really stupid action B) Someone getting hurt C) A pita complaining or D) a combination of the three.