How Shaming’ Has Been Written Into School Dress Codes Across The Country

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6. What a mess.

'Distracting boys' is the least of the concerns. This is a difficult time for teenagers, I think concentrating on teaching kids not to bully, not to be exclusionary to other children, WHY kids dress as they do would be more informative, whether male or female.

I was at my grandsons track meet yesterday, and I was watching the interaction between boys and girls. My grandson, along with his friend, are tall, very attractive 14 year olds. There was a small group of girls around them quite often, between events. These girls are in track clothes, and while not sexualized to be overly revealing are, well track clothes. What was happening was cute in the timeless fashion of early teenagers; they were talking. The boys and girls body language bespoke of slight awkwardness, but not distraction. The friendships that form at this point are crucial, here is where we can teach boys not to objectify, girls to not feel as though they are group of body parts instead of a whole person.


My oldest grandson is going to be a very handsome man. I've been talking 'feminist' with him ever since he started asking certain questions. My daughter told me yesterday that 'he tries so hard to not objectify women' its an honor to me he even knows he knows what the word means. He knows how damaging it is. We've talked about it for years. I have two more grandsons, little guys. I plan on doing the same thing with them.