Our school has had a dress code that targets and shames the female form for too long. We demand that our principal make changes to the dress code so that there is more equity in our community.

Female students have experienced issue after issue due to the dress code. We have missed out on education because their shoulders were showing. Tall and curvy girls are targeted even more, as the dress code aims to hide legs and figures. Additionally, it is rare that male students are stopped or sent home for how they dress, and the dress code is seemingly designed to accommodate their lack of self control around women. This has affected our lives by making us feel ashamed of their bodies, increasing insecurities, and ultimately hindering young womens’ ability to learn. 

I have also been personally affected by this issue. I wore a normal size tank top that was the normal length 3 fingers and more on the shoulders and I got wrote up by my teacher that my Bra string was showing, I went to the office and told her that it was covering my belly and doesn’t show cleavage. With my experience and the experiences of others in our school, it is clear that the need for change has arrived. 

We, the undersigned, demand that Principal Dalley Todd initiates dress code changes so that gender discrimination no longer harms our community by targeting and shaming our bodies

Make our dress code fair, inclusive, and equal!