Dress Codes and Their Negatives Affects on Women
Personal Anecdote
Confusion about my own body
Struggling with body image
Feeling more ostracized by my own classmates
Feeling very alone in this situation
Loss of control
Not understanding why this was happening
Strict Dress Codes and Their Downfalls
Body image Issues
Causes more gender inequality
Does not affect the boys as much as the girls
Quite unfair
Cause disruptions within education
Enforces Problematic Statements about what women wear
Tells girls that they must cover their bodies
Lets young girls know that the boys in their classes can't focus when they wear clothes outside of the dress code
Also tells young boys that they do not have to control themselves
Leads to more dangerous situations for women
There are better solutions
Extreme dress codes are not our only option
We could teach young boys about self control
Maybe we do not have to do anything about it in the first place
Research what really caused dress codes to be enforced in the first place