School Dress Codes: Used for Discrimination

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by Jadyn Morrill3 views·Updated Jun 3, 2023
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  1. Hello, I wanted to start off by welcoming you here today.
  2. Today, we're going to talk about an important topic that affects us all
  3. our school dress codes unfair. I think so. And here's why
  4. according to Giannetto,
  5. the writer of why school dress codes need to pass a diversity test.
  6. A common trend for the dress codes is the white male default.
  7. When I was introduced to dress codes, I was only five years of age.
  8. This can lead to an effect on people's mental health.
  9. My name is Jan Moral and today I'm going to
  10. talk about how school dress codes discriminate against women.
  11. I'm interested in dress codes because this has
  12. not only affected people in my community,
  13. but it has affected me personally as a person,
  14. dress codes are unfair
  15. are rules for unfair and unacceptable clothing to wear.
  16. I asked myself how to dress codes in schools discriminate against women.
  17. Gender are genders and school dress codes connected I think so
  18. gender and clothing effects in society have increased. Recently,
  19. the direct line between appropriate enforcement and
  20. non appropriate enforcement has been crossed.
  21. My pro today are going to be found in several articles.
  22. School dress codes discriminate against women and have
  23. unfair policies has been stated by many people.
  24. Today,
  25. dress codes are subjected mostly on women's clothing.
  26. A lot of clothing items that we wear casually are not allowed in a school building.
  27. Most districts have some variation of bands against spaghetti straps, skirts,
  28. short skirts, leggings,
  29. muscle shirts, sagging pants or certain clothing colors or logos
  30. was found in USA.
  31. Today's article about why the feds are getting
  32. involved in school dress codes by Kayla Jamis.
  33. Due to many dress codes,
  34. clothing worn by females are put as distraction to boys hate.
  35. And one's appearance has been common and protest has been held.
  36. They use body parts of women as examples,
  37. body parts of women are restricted even
  38. if they don't reveal someone's private areas.
  39. According to Gale and Sherwin,
  40. former senior staff attorney at AC O Women's rights Project, Linda Morris,
  41. staff attorney at AC L U Women's Rights Project and Eleanor watch.
  42. She her former paralegal at AC L U Women's
  43. Rights Project found in the article for things public
  44. schools can and can't do when it comes to
  45. dress codes presented by the American Civil Liberties Union.
  46. For example,
  47. school dress codes that ban cleavage or bra tracks or impose restrictions on the
  48. lengths of shorts or skirts are often
  49. targeted against girls and invites unnecessary and excessive
  50. policing of girls bodies in schools
  51. because of this confidence is lower.
  52. Self-esteem is lower and dress codes are proved to be targeted against women.
  53. These words to describe women have lowered self-esteem
  54. distract and or disrupt has been found in 76% of school us school dress codes
  55. in dress codes by Tess Deroy,
  56. presented by this is gender she states.
  57. In turn, this turn in result has increased self-consciousness,
  58. especially amongst girls.
  59. Without dress codes,
  60. there will be increased confidence, less discrimination,
  61. less protests and healthy environments in schools overall.
  62. Mentally,
  63. this graph,
  64. this chart
  65. was from today dot com.
  66. This shows people's opinions on school dress codes and percentages of choices.
  67. This chart explains only a part of why I'm interested in school dress codes 13%.
  68. And it think it
  69. target, it targets their gender in unfair ways.
  70. Culp
  71. school dress codes discriminated against women and have unfair
  72. policies has been stated by many people today,
  73. dress codes are subjected on mostly women's clothing shown to use body parts of
  74. women as examples and use words to describe women that have lowered self esteem.
  75. This change in dress codes can introduce independence.
  76. Give self-worth help tackle many uncomfortable
  77. distractions and overall improve school systems.
  78. Finally, I wanted to thank you all for listening.
  79. I have what I I
  80. hope what I have discussed today made you
  81. understand dress codes with equal importance and more
  82. and made you realize why it needs to be changed in schools.