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When girls are denied time in the classroom because their hips, chest or bum are considered inappropriate and in need of covering up, it privileges the societal sexualisation of their adolescent bodies over their own right to learn. We don’t have the same qualms about seeing those parts of their male peers’ anatomy. This allows adolescent males to grow up believeing that it is socially correct to sexualise those in tighter clothing and those who love their body. It also allows females to attend school in an attire that makes them feel uncomfortable and insecure as they don’t feel the uniform compliments their figure and when the school say that “It is school not a fashion show” it shows an entire hypocritical attitude as girls lose more time in the classroom due to their fashion more than anything. A statement from one student says “I want the academy to stop sexualising girls and if we want to wear tight pants we should be able to, without having teachers hassle us by saying they don’t do the job that pants should. Or in other words: they are tight around the bottom half so teachers, especially male, are disturbingly distracted because of that?
This is important because it also makes women/girls/students feel uncomfortable about their body and feel like they cannot show off the features that they have without feeling sexualised. For example ankles, we get in trouble for something as basic as an ankle. This will lead to insecurities and will make females cover up more.”
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July 11, 2018
The momentum is incredible. It is clear that so many students feel exactly the same way about these unfair standards.
24 Comments
Pathetic! My girl is year 6 in sept ( potentially could come to academy) lives leggings! I’d that sexualised? No I think not! She’s comfy and is happy wearing these! How does this affect school? Not at all! As long as she’s smart then there’s no problem! I am disgusted to read that it’s classed this way!i understand school needs boundaries and to make it look good but can u tell me that male children don’t wear skinny jeans and arnt being victimised in tho way? On for boys not girls???? I rest my case!!!!!!!
It’s ridiculous making us wear uncomfortable clothing and the lads feeling fine about theirselves. We shouldn’t be treat like this while the teachers have tight skirts, pants and leggings on. It’s unfair on us lasses
It’s not about how you look it’s about what you feel comfortable in and I’m sorry but me walking around with baggy pants on is not making me feel comfortable, why should we have to do this? Because the teachers are all perverts? School is meant to be a safe environment. We should be allowed to wear what we want, as long as it’s school wear I do not see a problem. I think all of the senior staff need to grow up to be honest
I think that every school should let students including my self where what makes them feel most comfortable as they have to have 6 hours of school so they should let all the students wear tight pants and not judge the students including my self , and they should be able to wear tight skirts and boys should be able to wear tight pants aswell and for pe we should be able to wear leggings and tight shorts as these clothing don’t effect no learning the teachers just make them and they can wear tight stuff everyday so why can’t we ???
Maybe the school should start to control the males and teach them that we are not sexual objects! We girls want to go to school feeling comfortable and not that we have to cover ourselves up and make ourselves feel uncomfortable incase a male student or teacher is distracted, if a male teacher is then distracted by what we wear then they shouldn’t be allowed to work in an environment with young females.
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Status: Closed — this petition is no longer accepting signatures.
Final supporters
Why is this important?
When girls are denied time in the classroom because their hips, chest or bum are considered inappropriate and in need of covering up, it privileges the societal sexualisation of their adolescent bodies over their own right to learn. We don’t have the same qualms about seeing those parts of their male peers’ anatomy. This allows adolescent males to grow up believeing that it is socially correct to sexualise those in tighter clothing and those who love their body. It also allows females to attend school in an attire that makes them feel uncomfortable and insecure as they don’t feel the uniform compliments their figure and when the school say that “It is school not a fashion show” it shows an entire hypocritical attitude as girls lose more time in the classroom due to their fashion more than anything. A statement from one student says “I want the academy to stop sexualising girls and if we want to wear tight pants we should be able to, without having teachers hassle us by saying they don’t do the job that pants should. Or in other words: they are tight around the bottom half so teachers, especially male, are disturbingly distracted because of that?
This is important because it also makes women/girls/students feel uncomfortable about their body and feel like they cannot show off the features that they have without feeling sexualised. For example ankles, we get in trouble for something as basic as an ankle. This will lead to insecurities and will make females cover up more.”
Updates
July 11, 2018
The momentum is incredible. It is clear that so many students feel exactly the same way about these unfair standards.
24 Comments
I completely agree that girls should be prouder of their figure. Girls wear tight clothing like skirts and trousers because they want to be proud of their body. They want to be more comfortable in clothing that they feel are complimenting their figures. Some may show off and some may be self conscious but that shouldnt stop girls from wanting to be happy with who they are and what they want to be.
Pathetic! My girl is year 6 in sept ( potentially could come to academy) lives leggings! I’d that sexualised? No I think not! She’s comfy and is happy wearing these! How does this affect school? Not at all! As long as she’s smart then there’s no problem! I am disgusted to read that it’s classed this way!i understand school needs boundaries and to make it look good but can u tell me that male children don’t wear skinny jeans and arnt being victimised in tho way? On for boys not girls???? I rest my case!!!!!!!
It’s ridiculous making us wear uncomfortable clothing and the lads feeling fine about theirselves. We shouldn’t be treat like this while the teachers have tight skirts, pants and leggings on. It’s unfair on us lasses
It’s not about how you look it’s about what you feel comfortable in and I’m sorry but me walking around with baggy pants on is not making me feel comfortable, why should we have to do this? Because the teachers are all perverts? School is meant to be a safe environment. We should be allowed to wear what we want, as long as it’s school wear I do not see a problem. I think all of the senior staff need to grow up to be honest
I think that every school should let students including my self where what makes them feel most comfortable as they have to have 6 hours of school so they should let all the students wear tight pants and not judge the students including my self , and they should be able to wear tight skirts and boys should be able to wear tight pants aswell and for pe we should be able to wear leggings and tight shorts as these clothing don’t effect no learning the teachers just make them and they can wear tight stuff everyday so why can’t we ???
Maybe the school should start to control the males and teach them that we are not sexual objects! We girls want to go to school feeling comfortable and not that we have to cover ourselves up and make ourselves feel uncomfortable incase a male student or teacher is distracted, if a male teacher is then distracted by what we wear then they shouldn’t be allowed to work in an environment with young females.
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I completely agree that girls should be prouder of their figure. Girls wear tight clothing like skirts and trousers because they want to be proud of their body. They want to be more comfortable in clothing that they feel are complimenting their figures. Some may show off and some may be self conscious but that shouldnt stop girls from wanting to be happy with who they are and what they want to be.