Change the dress code for Seattle Public Schools

My daughter was dress coded for a bra- mukikteo schools. Shes 11

These “gender neutral” dress codes are sexualizing young girls and young women. A body is not sexual in its own right, and women are more than objects of desire. They are subjects in their own lives.

Her dress is gorgeous and this is absolutely ridiculous. Boys can handle being around girls. Pick something real to worry about. Racism. Islamaphobia. Anti-semitism. The lying President.

Let kids be kids and stop sexualizing their skin

Very shameful of the school to be sexualizing such a young girl for wearing clothing that is appropriate for the weather. Adults are the problem here, not children!

Dress codes are sexist and don't address actual problems our students face.

The shaming of girls needs to stop.

Dress codes are sexist - how dare you sexualize a 10 year old. I cant eait until the old prude dinosaur people finally die out and all of us that just want to be harmlessly be ourselves can shine.

My God! I would expect better from the Seattle area.

Administration should be ashamed for making this girl feel like she was inappropriate when it all them. Disappointed and disgusted by adults sexuallizing kids especially young women who want to learn.

The only dress code should be safe, clean, and comfortable.

It's ridiculous that schools are more worried about how a child is dressed than their need to be in school for an education. I'd also be questioning why an adult finds a child's state of dress to be "too distracting" if the child's body is covered, and their are no inappropriate graphics on the clothing.

This is embarrassing and ridiculous. She's a child, in a cute dress.

This policy is a relic. But whomever sent this child home as a distraction should be ashamed.

The SPS dress code is sexist, over-reactive to modest clothing choices, and blaming of women and girls and thus reinforcing of “rape culture.”’

Dress codes should be gender-neutral and absolutely minimal. Girls bodies are for them to use, not for boys to stare at.

The problem is not the clothing, the problem is with the people who find it inappropriate!

Dress codes should be gender neutral and the reasons for them a lesson in what type of clothing is appropriate in different social settings. None of those reasons should be about the body being a distraction.

Saying that a girl's clothing is "distracting" perpetuates the lie that boys shouldn't have to respect their classmates' bodies. If they don't learn this respect and how to control their own responses, how will they ever controlthemselves when they are not in school?

I'm a Seattle-born parent and appalled at the these school policies that openly sexualize children, and specifically tend to target and punishing girls for being girls. There's nothing "distracting" about a summer dress or a tank top and shorts. If students complain of being "distracted" by girls showing their shoulders or tummies, it's time to talk to them about consent and personal accountability. If teachers are becoming "distracted" by the bared skin of children, perhaps they shouldn't be teachers. Stop policing girls' bodies, and let them learn.