There has been some media debate lately around the topic of dress-codes within institutions and the gender discrimination immersed within them.
Some of this debate, comes from a father in Houston Texas, whose daughter allegedly violated the 'rules' after coming to school in a spaghetti strap sun-dress, and was asked to change. The full story here:
The Apparently Immoral Shoulders of My Five Year Old Daughter
My stance? I completely agree with this father, and, on the whole, that gender discrimination is embedded in School, as well as Work Place Dress-Code policies.
Such policies, especially when not applied equally to both genders, promote the idea that women are to be viewed as objects, and such objects can be sexually distracting. It further promotes the notion girls and women should be act, behave, and dress in a certain way, and be reprimanded and accused of low-morale standards should they not meet this preconceived notion of what a girl/lady is.
Surely, institutions should instead focus on dispelling this distorted perception, and empowering women, as opposed to oppressing them.
Enforcing outdated, gender-inconsistent, 'rules' shows an outdated, discriminatory mindset, and that is what needs the attention and correction; not my body or clothing and not any women or girl's body or clothing.
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Some of this debate, comes from a father in Houston Texas, whose daughter allegedly violated the 'rules' after coming to school in a spaghetti strap sun-dress, and was asked to change. The full story here:
The Apparently Immoral Shoulders of My Five Year Old Daughter
My stance? I completely agree with this father, and, on the whole, that gender discrimination is embedded in School, as well as Work Place Dress-Code policies.
Such policies, especially when not applied equally to both genders, promote the idea that women are to be viewed as objects, and such objects can be sexually distracting. It further promotes the notion girls and women should be act, behave, and dress in a certain way, and be reprimanded and accused of low-morale standards should they not meet this preconceived notion of what a girl/lady is.
Surely, institutions should instead focus on dispelling this distorted perception, and empowering women, as opposed to oppressing them.
Enforcing outdated, gender-inconsistent, 'rules' shows an outdated, discriminatory mindset, and that is what needs the attention and correction; not my body or clothing and not any women or girl's body or clothing.
Shop the modern office-look inspired by this topic below:
Office Chic: Spaghetti Straps
