So, girls at my school are being pulled out of class for "revealing clothing" because, Holy hell I can see their midriff and a bra strap! Fun fact, I too have a midriff and also I've seen more than a bra strap in my day. So that is such an incredibly stupid reason to be shaming girls over. Especially considering that we live in a society that promotes more revealing clothing on women, making it fashionable and in style, and, then as a society mocking and shaming girls for following the trend. We don't shame the douchebag dudes with the undercut hairdos which is in (and stupid looking), so why the hell are we throwing a fit if we see a belly button. These outfits are not at all inappropriate, distracting, or overly sexual. Through out the country we are pulling young women, out of class and telling them that their comfort and education is less important than the off chance of a boy noticing some clevage and popping a boner and being mildly distracted. Fun fact: if boners ruined education no boy would have passed the seventh grade. This campaign the school is launching is sexist and condescending to all parties. Apparently girls can't show their belly buttons and the boys do not posses the ability to suck it up and learn. The school is not a professional setting for students, we are forced to be here and if we drop out then statistically we fail. We don't fail if I see a god damn belly button. If people are being distracted. It is a personal problem and not the wearer's. Women dress for their own comfort and not for the comfort of others. If were going to be dumb then we should start more heavily enforcing belts on boys and shaming them is you can see the outline of a penis in their tight pants. It is 2015, women are not objects. Women are not sex dolls, they are fully adept human beings who are our equals. It is time that the rules are changed. Today there will be (by the time you read this it will have happened) Assembly at the school due to the wildfire outrage that has spread through the school. Some people might rhink that the student body is overreacting. But this has gone on all year. Announcements made, girls called out of class. Overreacting or not, this is gone on too lomg to an unessesary degree. The policy should be changed. I am not here to alienate readers at my admittedly melodramatic tones and raging liberal behavior. I am not here to insult the school or attack anyone. I am here to criticize a system that is smaing people and sending them home crying. These outfits are not worth the stryfe that has been caused. The system needs to be changed. The policies must be changed. It is time for change. We are protesting peacefully, and the trouble we have gotten in is unfair. It is our job as young adults as the school so often reminds us we are, to question authority, not with disrespect, but the understanding that rules should be ever changing to fit with the times. This might not be the most important battle, it might be blown out of proportion, but, it is the battle we have chosen. There is not point in having values and beliefs if you pet them fall to the wayside in at time of conflict. I believe that women are equal to men. Currently I am wearing a tank top, while a girl got scolded for the cuts in her sleeves. Note that tank tops do not have sleeves You can see my boxers if I bend over but a quarter inch of midriff got a girl sent to the office today. There is a clear and present double standard and while this code is mired is hypocracy and sexism, I will challenge it. With signs and with critism. Such as I wrote today. This is not an attack, it is an examining of the situation I see myself and my peers in. I want to thank those who have started this examination, such as Kelsey Harris and Melissa Naylor. The rules must evolve with the times. We must learn and adapt. I cannot go around calling myself a feminist if I'm going to shy away from fighting for the equal treatment of the sexes. Just last Friday I was at a fundraiser dinner for a local femist group. I've gotta walk the walk if I'm going to talk the talk. This is something I believe in and I will argue for. It is time for the future.
