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To: Rachel Reid, Principal
Change the dress code!
Stop sexualizing young girls and change the dress code! Girls should be able to wear tank tops, shorts, sandals, hats, whatever makes them comfortable, with a few exceptions.
Why is this important?
The girls at many schools around the country have been pressured to wear t-shirts and shorts past their knees in the hot summer days. I believe that we should be able to choose what we wear without fear of getting into trouble at school because it makes us feel good, and just because a girl wears “revealing clothing” doesn’t mean that they are instantly going to get raped or anything of that nature. Girls and guys should be able to at least wear tank tops and shorter shorts in the summer; it’s not like our shoulders and knees are instantly going to “distract the boys.” The dress codes make out women and girls to be sexual objects, and that showing a little bit of neck or shoulder would instantly make us sluts or worse. Stop slut-shaming girls for wearing what makes them feel good about themselves.