All of the past few weeks we have talked about women's rights and prejudices and the education system so I decided to find a topic that pertains to all of it. In a post by the "Huffington Post", they talk of a girl, Gabi Finlayson, who went to her school dance to have the time of her life and feel beautiful. Her dress met all the required dress codes but the teachers said that it revealed her shoulders too much and she would need to cover herself up. She then spent the remainder of the dance in a winter jacket, hurt and embarrassed. After the incident, her mother told the post that it's sad how we live in a world where showing your shoulders is turning into a "pornographic" thing.
I agree with Mrs. Finlayson with how sad it is that we live in a world where girls have to "cover up" their shoulders so boys can control themselves. I believe that not only is that false information because I have never heard a guy compliment on how pretty my shoulders are, but I also believe that this is a sexist rule. Guys can wear "bro tanks" or tank tops and no one would think anything about it but don't even think twice ladies about wearing a shirt without sleeves that are atleast 4 inches long. When have we come to a place where girls should have to cover their feminine features to make sure guys can keep it under control?
I'm not saying that women should be wearing underwear and a bra to school but we should be able to feel comfortable and not victimized for wearing clothes that make us feel pretty and beautiful. There are rape campaigns all over the world that fight for the women who are getting blamed for getting raped because "their clothes provoked it". These rapists and sexist people are just trying to find a way to blame the women and make this crime right. There is no way you can possibly justify molesting someone against their own will for "what they are wearing".
I will give you that Lakeview has a very lenient dress code compared to some schools but it's depressing to think that we can't wear something to make us feel beautiful just because the administration thinks that we are trying to provoke something. It's one thing to have purple hair but it's another to just want to wear a tank top. Shoulders are not a provocative body part and us girls shouldn't be forced to "cover" ourselves up just because it "distracts others from learning". Even if this was the case, the girls should not be punished for the ways that boys look at them, now should they?
