Dressing Constitutionally: Rape Culture And Moralization Of Women

code, they shame girls for their bodies and having to be more aware about it. Not only is this in dress code but as a society.

In this article “ do school dress codes unfairly target girls” by Hardesty Greg. Hardesty, Greg. "Do School Dress Codes Unfairly Target Girls?" The Orange County Register. N.p., 01 Sept. 2015. Web. 14 Mar. 2017. He says that in schools girls get targeted way more then boys. Yes this is true, schools have more girls get in trouble, it’s hard for girls to find clothes. Boys have long shorts and t-shirts with longer sleeves. Why don’t we have a class to teach boys to not see girls as a sexual object and to only see them for their bodies. Therefore, schools are sexist against girls clothes and the way they dress.

In this article, author Suzannah Weiss begins with the idea that the objectification of women and girls is not separate from many other problems of sexism, but the basis of it. The rest of the article is about how women are taught to view themselves as objects by the media, societal expectations, double standards, and rape culture. She explains that victim blaming teaches women and girls that their bodies are to blame for anything bad that happens to them, and this sends the message that they are only objects of desire and must cover up if they want to be safe. Another way women and girls are taught that they are only objects is through society’s double standards when it comes to unnecessary beauty rituals. Women are told that they must wear

Dress codes are in all places from elementary school all the way to college. Dress codes are made to keep order or prevent bullying. Dress codes are sometimes more important than the girls' education. Woman started feeling that dress codes are being a bit sexist. Are dress codes helpful to society or are they sexist towards women?

Laura Bates, co-founder of The Everyday Sexism Project, says “There’s a real culture being built up through the some of these dress codes where girls are receiving very clear messages that male behavior, male entitlement to your body in public space is socially acceptable, but you will be punished” (12). Today in society girls are forced to be a certain shape, dress a certain way, and act a certain way to look presentable to boys and not provoke them. There is so many issues wrong with this idea. Girls are not asking for it like some people think. A girl’s clothes should not define distraction.

Any girl that has ever attended public school knows about the struggle of a dress code. On those hot days as the school year approaches, girls pour over their closets trying to find an outfit they won’t get called out for or sweat to death in. All their dresses are too revealing, their shorts too short, and their shirts reveal way too much shoulder—or so the schools say. Girls have been attacked time and time again with dress codes. Policies are almost always directed strictly towards girls; some even specify for girls only. These dress codes are not only sexist towards women, but they limit female’s freedom of expression and their choice to feel comfortable, and they do not teach female’s to have self confidence.

Besides dress codes making it difficult for young women to fit in, dress code also supports rape culture. They show young men that it is okay to view girls or young women as sexual objects, as a mean of temptation, as distractions. It shows them that if women are not covered up, they are asking for it; a term widely used to describe rape, making it casual and a

In the United States, almost every school has a dress code. That dress code should apply to both males and females, but that’s not always the case. Schools all over the map have been targeting women on the way they dress, and the usual accusation is that it’s “too distracting” for male classmates. Stephanie Dunn from Kentucky is a victim of this accusation. She wore a pair of jeans, a tank-top, and a white cardigan to her high school and got sent home for showing her collarbones. Her mother brought her a scarf to put over her outfit and the principal still deemed it as too inappropriate and too distracting for the male classmates in her classes.

Everyone knows what getting dress-coded is but why does it happen? Enforcing dress codes is a way to maintain a professional learning environment, however, dress codes desperately need to be updated constantly in order to work. Current dress codes are improperly enforced, as well as improperly targeted toward women. The issue should not be that a woman's shoulder is distracting, the issue is that a boy “cannot learn” because he cannot keep himself under control when presented with the sight of skin. In addition, dress codes teach women that it is their fault when men sexualize them, therefore increasing the idea in rape culture that it is the victim's fault and that "Boys will be boys." The way that dress codes are currently enforced is unfair, sexist, and unjust.

Dress code is teaching girls that’s it’s not okay to wear shorts or tank tops because “boys will be boys” and we need to cover up to create a distraction free learning environment for them. The blame is being forced upon the girls, saying that it is our fault for how boys perceive us. We need to teach male faculty and students to stop over-sexualizing a woman's body. These rules are degrading girls and making them feel bad about their bodies all because a boy can’t control himself in front of us. Why are we teaching boys that it’s okay to blame girls for their lack of self control? Dress code promotes rape culture and sexism, how could anyone think that that is

According to the young middle school student, Maggie Sunseri, States that "girls have little to do with clothing more to do with the underlying message behind the dress code that tells young women to cover up and young boys that cant "control" themselves." The 17 year old high school junior saiwhoat dress code is sexist

In the past days as the weather has improved, I have noticed a plethora of girls being dresscoded, to a standard I believe is inaccurate and biased. Girls are being removed from classroom settings to no one's benefit, strict dress codes are promoting stereotypes and negative ideas, and dresscode almost never affects guys I believe our dress code should be changed due to its unfair and shaming nature.

2. A smaller but still vocal minority presents the idea that the dress code sexualizes students and makes them feel uncomfortable due to the strict guidelines for girls such as shoulders being hidden, bra straps being absolutely concealed, and other concerns about the arbitrariness of certain lengths of dresses, skirts,

Dress code is a controversial subject in a lot of schools. Dress code is a set of rules put into place to promote school safety and encourage a positive learning atmosphere where students are not distracted by their peers’ outfit choices (Daniels). This set of rules allegedly is put into place to stop the sexualizing of women by keeping them from wearing “suggestive clothing,” but what is suggestive clothing? Who defines what clothes are seen as “suggestive?” Dress code does more harm than good for students, therefore it should not be present in public schools.

In my experience at The Pembroke Hill School I have noticed that girls are targeted for violating school dress code policies far more than boys are. Most of the dress code is addressed towards girls, and honestly it is not okay. Obviously there should be a school dress code, but it should be to teach students what they can and cannot wear in public as adults, rather than to body shame them. When the message is saying that exposed shoulders and short