Dress Codes: Sexist or Sensible?
For years and years now, schools have enforced dress codes to reduce "distractions" in the classroom. They don't want a kid's graphic tee with an inappropriate message causing chaos, and they don't want students to focus on a classmate's outfit instead of focusing on their academic lesson. But in recent years, dress code scandals have gained attention and the controversial to pic has been trending in the past months. According to Newsela article " School dress codes face censure around the country for biased rules ," t here is concern that dress code is being enforced solely to girls, and has become a sexist matter. Every day, girls are sent home from school, given detentions and suspensions, or are humiliated in class for their outfits. A video regarding the dress code policy made by Marcus High School in Texas caused outrage and controversy over sexism still being prevalent in schools. ...