"When you interrupt a girl's school day because her shorts are too short, or her clothing is immodest, you are telling her that hiding her body is more important than her education. You are telling her that making sure the boys have a distraction-free learning environment is more important than her education. In a way, you're telling her that the boys are more entitled to an education than she is, and that isn't acceptable." ~Anonymous
Read: http://www.cambio.com/2014/12/11/stress-coded-why-high-school-dress-codes-are-hurting-girls/
I almost laughed while reading this article. Wow. The quote, in itself, uses the word "immodest." The definition of immodest (although you probably already know) is: lacking humility or decency. Well, if that's how you want to be thought of, then that is your choice. However, is it worth it? It is October in her post, not July. She probably will not die of heatstroke while receiving a free education in an air-conditioned building because she wore shorts that you can actually see beneath her shirt.
"Women need to stand up against dated, sexist stereotypes of what's appropriate in schools." Girls' clothes have changed dramatically over the years. I may be stepping out on a limb here, but for the most part, women used to dress more modestly and classy than they do nowadays. Society has morphed and has now taught many that you must wear crop-tops and short-shorts to fit in. Society, along with media, has taught tons of girls of any age that the only desirable ones are the skinny, but large in other regions, girls. Girls as young as eight are looking at themselves and thinking that they are fat. "Hot" and "beautiful" are two different extremes just like healthy and skinny are. Furthermore, the reason the majority or all of dress-code violators are girls is because many girls feel insecure about themselves. Guys, well, they don't care so much about "fashion" or physical insecurities.
Also, they sent her home to change clothes. They didn't expel her, put her in prison, or send her to the guillotine. Is it so hard to dress decently and modestly? Are you being or looking like the kind of girl that you would want your son to date one day?
"My school demonstrated to me that my education is less valued than those of the boys in my class, and that is why I'm writing this article." Less valued? Or is it that most boys don't come to school wearing the "bare minimum" as girls do? This is not a feminist issue; it is one of decreasing morality and standards in today's girls, the women of the future. We, as believers, are called to not hinder others in their relationships with God. 1 Corinthians 8:9 says, "Be careful, however, that the exercise of your rights does not become a stumbling block to the weak." This doesn't say you have to dress like an eskimo to be modest, but also doesn't mean that you can wear as little as you want without being reprimanded.
"The school pulling girls out of class and calling their clothes inappropriate makes girls feel uncomfortable in their own skin. Previously confident girls walking in the hallways wearing their (cheer) uniform feel shamed for the length of their skirts." Previously confident. If the shortness of your skirt or the lowness of your top is your vital source of confidence and security, then something is wrong.
She's backing her argument up with her friends' "determination to shine light on the injustice of the situation." However, I'm backing my opinion with Scripture. We are called to be Holy, because He is Holy. Holy means "separated" and not of the world. We are in the world but should not be of it :)
- "A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies." ~Proverbs 31:10
Being modest?
- "Likewise also that women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly attire." ~1 Timothy 2:9
Why be modest?
- "Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body." ~1 Corinthians 6:19-20
- "Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised." ~Proverbs 31:30
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