Maggie Sunseri's Restriction Of Female Dress Codes
“I’ve never seen a boy called out for his attire even though they also break the rules.” Maggie Sunseri said in a documentary she made and posted on YouTube. Female dress code has been a controversial topic for years. People say it’s fair, some say unfair, but they usually don't have to deal with it because most of them are adults. To broaden people's minds, it’s time to see it from a student's vision. School dress, specifically female, needs to be less restricting because it targets female and it's “distracting” boys and teachers. One's opinion may be that it specifically targets women. On Al Jazeera America, Jennifer Weiss-Wolf wrote about dress code targeting female on purpose, People shame the female form, and accuse girls of being girls.
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Maggie Sunseri took notice to how many girls were disciplined disproportionately. She talked to her administrative, and they simply replied with that it would be extremely distracting to the male students and staff. She decided to make a documentary about how “distracting” the female clothes are. She interviewed many of her fellow classmates, even some male students, and some of the male students said that they feel violated that the administrative thought that they wouldn’t be able to control themselves because of their fellow classmates. But what it more distracting, taking a girl out of class, disrupting class time, and telling her to change into something more appropriate, or telling a boy to pull up his pants? Dress code also conceals subtle sexism. Nation Center of Education Statistics state that 57% or schools maintain the dresscode from 20103, 47% only a decade earlier. People never see how sexist the dresscode is, or they do notice, but they just don’t care, when really they should. People assume all of the dress code controversy is people overreacting. Girls have their self esteem lowered because of being called a “distraction” to male staff and students. Female dress code is a huge controversial topic, whether it be distracting or if it targets women. Does dress code really target women? Why do people shame women for being themselves? It’s a major problem and people don’t see it. School administrators need to change the dress code. It is understandable about the crop tops and the extremely short shorts, but girls should be able to wear thin strap tank tops on a hot summer day and not be judged for having a bit of a dra strap show. Just lower how restricting it is and everything will be
Maggie Sunseri took notice to how many girls were disciplined disproportionately. She talked to her administrative, and they simply replied with that it would be extremely distracting to the male students and staff. She decided to make a documentary about how “distracting” the female clothes are. She interviewed many of her fellow classmates, even some male students, and some of the male students said that they feel violated that the administrative thought that they wouldn’t be able to control themselves because of their fellow classmates. But what it more distracting, taking a girl out of class, disrupting class time, and telling her to change into something more appropriate, or telling a boy to pull up his pants? Dress code also conceals subtle sexism. Nation Center of Education Statistics state that 57% or schools maintain the dresscode from 20103, 47% only a decade earlier. People never see how sexist the dresscode is, or they do notice, but they just don’t care, when really they should. People assume all of the dress code controversy is people overreacting. Girls have their self esteem lowered because of being called a “distraction” to male staff and students. Female dress code is a huge controversial topic, whether it be distracting or if it targets women. Does dress code really target women? Why do people shame women for being themselves? It’s a major problem and people don’t see it. School administrators need to change the dress code. It is understandable about the crop tops and the extremely short shorts, but girls should be able to wear thin strap tank tops on a hot summer day and not be judged for having a bit of a dra strap show. Just lower how restricting it is and everything will be