Change the dress code for Seattle Public Schools

We will not accept the sexualizing of ten year olds.

Misogynistic, outdated school dress codes designed to shame young women and "protect" young men (from being sexually aroused by 3 inches of salacious bare shoulder) further promote toxic masculinity. It teaches young women that their bodies are merely an object to be desired or possessed, and young men that they are not responsible for their own thoughts and actions (since you know - it's a young woman's responsibility to dress in a way that distract a young man).

Boooo! Shame on this school!

It's 2019. Seattle Public Schools, you can do better than this.

I look forward to SPS joining the 21st Century.

Systematic sexism should not be built into school policy. Create a gender neutral policy that doesn't objectify girls

Shame on them.

Shame on them.

Seattle Public Schools should be ashamed of this policy.

Ridiculous and outrageously wrong!

Stop sexualizing girls and making them responsible for boys learning.

Girls are not a distraction. Boys and any person are responsible for controlling their actions and ability to be distracted. Girls have the same rights to be educated and supported in their education as boys. Girls should not be pulled from school and shamed for their attire. How to focus, learn and Not be distracted is a skill that should be taught and has to be Learned.

Establish a gender neutral, consistent dress code. Don’t send anyone home for wearing sleeveless dresses.

Let’s nurture the individuality of children, not suppress it. School is not supposed to be a miniature version of prison.

Why do we even have a dress code!? Ughh so sexist and obnoxious.

I'm furious to hear this is still a problem. Hello, Seattle. I'm a 29 year old woman who did not receive an education because public schooling decided my appearance and shaming my body was more important than me getting an education. I have DDs, and it was incredibly hard to find clothing that fit me correctly. Even when I tried very hard to conform(my mother even spent a great deal of money trying to get clothes that they wouldn't punish me for), I was sent home. I got so much OSS and detention for sexist dress code "violations" that I was unable to make up any of my work. One year it was over 6 weeks of total OSS-- the violations would escalate the punishments. I was unable to make up any of my grades because in my district, OSS resulted in a zero for the day. Adults viewing my teenage CHILD breasts as sexual robbed me of an education. My teenage breasts were a "distraction" to my male students. It wasn't fair to them that I had the body I was born with, according to dress code. They stole my ability to finish school so that I wouldn't "distract" the boys. Stop sexualizing children. Stop sexualizing children. Stop making their bodies into shapes you think they are and should be. Give girls the same opportunities boys have-- an education.

Do NOT ever tell a girl (or a woman) that her body is a "distraction" that needs to be covered up. Just stop it with this toxic nonsense. Stop sexualizing children with these pervy dress codes penned by pervy adults.

Don't sexualize children.

Dress codes are based in prejudice. They disproportionately affect girls and kids of color. Do better to be inclusive

It is not female-presenting children's job to manage the attention of male-presenting children.