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Utah School Officials Who Edited Girl's Photos Allowed Boys To Go Shirtless And Show Underwear In
Yearbook Pictures
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2014/06/06/yearbook-hypocrisy/
If you were totally outraged and disgusted after learning that Wasatch High School officials in Utah selectively edited the yearbook photos of female students to cover their shoulders and arms, this update will send you over the edge.
When female students discovered that Wasatch County School District officials had digitally added sleeves to their pictures last month, it angered them. The media covered the story, placing administrators in the hot seat and forcing Terry E. Shoemaker, the superintendent of schools for the Wasatch County School District, to apologize. However, he only gave a weak half-apology for the incident.
His “apology” didn’t make the grade then, and it certainly doesn’t now, especially since new photos have been discovered in the yearbook that prove just how incredibly sexist the school dress code rules are.
According to the Salt Lake Tribune, while girls were targeted in the yearbook, boys were allowed to wear anything they wanted. In an unfortunately titled yearbook section dubbed “Wasatch Stud Life,” male students are pictured wearing sleeveless shirts that girls were punished for wearing. And that’s not all. Boys also wore shirts that revealed their chests and waists. Boys were even allowed to show their underwear and tattoos. In what is clearly a major double standard the headline declares that this is “Studs doin’ what studs do best!”
Here’s a photo of the yearbook section via ThinkProgress.
If you were totally outraged and disgusted after learning that Wasatch High School officials in Utah selectively edited the yearbook photos of female students to cover their shoulders and arms, this update will send you over the edge.
When female students discovered that Wasatch County School District officials had digitally added sleeves to their pictures last month, it angered them. The media covered the story, placing administrators in the hot seat and forcing Terry E. Shoemaker, the superintendent of schools for the Wasatch County School District, to apologize. However, he only gave a weak half-apology for the incident.
His “apology” didn’t make the grade then, and it certainly doesn’t now, especially since new photos have been discovered in the yearbook that prove just how incredibly sexist the school dress code rules are.
According to the Salt Lake Tribune, while girls were targeted in the yearbook, boys were allowed to wear anything they wanted. In an unfortunately titled yearbook section dubbed “Wasatch Stud Life,” male students are pictured wearing sleeveless shirts that girls were punished for wearing. And that’s not all. Boys also wore shirts that revealed their chests and waists. Boys were even allowed to show their underwear and tattoos. In what is clearly a major double standard the headline declares that this is “Studs doin’ what studs do best!”
Here’s a photo of the yearbook section via ThinkProgress.
Is there anyone, ANYONE, who is surprised by this? Anyone at all?
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