We’re Punishing Girls For Being Girls?

We’re Punishing Girls For Being Girls?

            The word “provocative” is more often than not used to describe the way a woman is dressed. In high schools around the United States, girls are continuing to be sent home due to their “provocative” dress. In the dictionary, the word provocative is defined as “arousing sexual desire or interest, especially deliberately.” But, principals and teachers across the country are defining provocative dress as yoga pants, v-neck shirts, spaghetti straps, and short-shorts. But, what teacher’s are labeling “provocative” and “distracting,” girls are feeling confident in, only to be sent home because boys are paying attention to their boobs rather than the board. And hey, everyone, newsflash: but you’re making girls feel ashamed for having a normal female anatomy.

            What really makes no sense though, is: Why are we punishing GIRLS for being GIRLS because boys will be boys? It’s important that if a girl is dressed for herself at school, in something that she feels confident in we do not reprimand her for looking too attractive. I read in a blog once that, when you interrupt a girl’s school day to send her home to change, you are enforcing that hiding her body is more important than her education. You are telling her that making sure that a boy has a distraction-free learning environment is more important than her education. ULTIMATELY you are telling her that HIS education is more important than HERS. What year is this anyways?

More often than not girls are going through crucial changes throughout high school and getting accustomed to how their body fits in clothing. Unfortunately, or maybe fortunately, for society, girls have boobs. With boobs for any girl, the result is cleavage. Girls should not be punished and forced to hide what they have no control over having. The difference between girls appropriately dressing to fit their curves and boys looking, is that girls have to dress the body they were given; boys do not have to look.

            It is crucial that girls be allowed to wear what they feel comfortable to reinforce confidence, in as long as it looks appropriate. If girls are showing off assets of their body to an extent where they can still look like high school students, (with 2 shoulders, 2 legs and a butt like everybody else) and not school of 16-year-old strippers, they should be able to wear what they feel confident in.