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