Many schools have a strict dress code and students here are fortunate to have one of the most lenient. However, for some girls it is harder to wear the same clothes as others. Every person has a different body type and those with curvier shapes should not be given contradictory treatment by administration or students.

There have been many cases across the country among various schools over girls and showing their cleavage. Even when in photos there is nothing inappropriate about their outfit, they are still receiving comments and ill-treatment over it. By faculty they are deemed as “distracting” and by other students as “promiscuous.”

I have encountered these comments from both. I’ve been told to pull up my shirt by a faculty member because I was showing too much even though I was wearing the same shirt as most girls in high school. It was embarrassing and while I knew I did nothing wrong, it felt as though the way I dressed was more important than my actual education. Along with that, other girls have pointed out my chest and guys seem to think it’s appropriate to throw things down my shirt.

No one gets to choose their shape or the genetics that lead to how their body looks. Teenagers are developing and each person has to adapt to how their body fills out. In addition, no student should be put in a position where they either have to stand up for themselves or risk being labeled as disrespectful if a staff member comments on what someone is wearing.One 

If one thing is accepted on a person with a slimmer frame, there should be no problem with someone else wearing the same shirt even though it may show more. As long as it is in dress code there is no problem with it and a majority of high schoolers do not get “distracted” by something as trivial as clothes.

 

Sincerely,

Sydney