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High School’s Awful ‘Prey and Predator Day’ Lets Guys Dress in Camo While Girls Dress in Animal Prin
Source: Jezebel
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For "Prey and Predator Day," students were encouraged/allowed to wear outfits that celebrate the sport of shooting woodland creatures. According to a news release, however, Crookston's big celebration of hunting culture has different dress-up guidelines for male and female students: "guys dress in their camouflage and other hunting apparel while girls will show off their animal print." Get it?? Like, okay — they guys are the hunters, right? And the girls are the hunted, because dating is a lot like pursuing a potential mate through the woods and then shooting her with a crossbow.
Crookston residents were predictably upset by the high school's god-awful idea of themed dress-up, so, at the last minute, high school officials changed "Prey and Predator Day" to "Camo Day," which was the exact same thing only without an explicit reference to sexual assault. Although soon-to-be-Applebee's-bartender and current superintendent Chris Bates said that "Camo Day" is just a fun caprice for the students (like Crookston's "Pirate Pride Day" or "Jersey Day"
and people shouldn't read too much else into it, he also acknowledged that naming it "Prey and Predator Day" was probably a stupid thing to do:
For "Prey and Predator Day," students were encouraged/allowed to wear outfits that celebrate the sport of shooting woodland creatures. According to a news release, however, Crookston's big celebration of hunting culture has different dress-up guidelines for male and female students: "guys dress in their camouflage and other hunting apparel while girls will show off their animal print." Get it?? Like, okay — they guys are the hunters, right? And the girls are the hunted, because dating is a lot like pursuing a potential mate through the woods and then shooting her with a crossbow.
Crookston residents were predictably upset by the high school's god-awful idea of themed dress-up, so, at the last minute, high school officials changed "Prey and Predator Day" to "Camo Day," which was the exact same thing only without an explicit reference to sexual assault. Although soon-to-be-Applebee's-bartender and current superintendent Chris Bates said that "Camo Day" is just a fun caprice for the students (like Crookston's "Pirate Pride Day" or "Jersey Day"
and people shouldn't read too much else into it, he also acknowledged that naming it "Prey and Predator Day" was probably a stupid thing to do:
In hindsight and looking at it from a different light, a better decision should have been made. People might see it in a different way than it was intended. The change is good.
Read more: http://jezebel.com/5943627/high-schools-awful-prey-and-predator-day-lets-guys-dress-in-camo-while-girls-dress-in-animal-print
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Only in America ..................
psuedo rape/assault affirmation to any already disturbed teenagers there
"celebration of shooting woodland creatures" 
And also the subtext of women as victim, all too real in every community in the country. 
Must be a really stupid community & school.
