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In reply to the discussion: Girl Accuses School Of ‘Shaming Girls For Their Bodies' After Being Sent Home For Wearing Shorts [View all]laundry_queen
(8,646 posts)my girls' schools here have the same stupid rules. Girls can't wear spaghetti straps but guy can go shirtless. Girls' skirts and shorts have to reach their fingertips (my daughters and I joke how this is discriminatory against people - like us - with oddly long arms). Honestly, I tell my kids to ignore it and wear whatever they want and if they get in trouble, then I will get involved (it helps that these are my old schools and old teachers along with some old classmates who are now teachers). These are the same schools I went to growing up and there were no stupid rules like that when I went to school. And nothing 'happened' related to clothing. These rules are just stupid arbitrary sexist rules and I'm glad this has gone viral. My oldest daughter showed it to me a few weeks ago. I thought, good. It's about time.