I think dress codes are fine as well, as long as there is an overall standard that all public schools adhere to. Otherwise it's at the discretion of each individual school board, and that's where the problems come up.

But it is a professional environment for kids. It's also where they learn to integrate with society at large and all the social boundaries/expectations. Otherwise why bother to set dress code standards at all? Maybe uniforms aren't necessary, but we are telling kids that school is not a place to be sexually…

Yep! I know there are people who claim uniforms means they'd have to spend more money to buy two sets of clothing for kids, but that's just them indulging their kid. Instead of buying your kid that leather jacket s/he wanted, get two sets of uniforms instead. Kid can buy that leather jacket after high school…

Which they can do when they are not at school, and considering how the school year just keeps getting shorter and shorter...

My middle school uniforms weren't that bad...I actually liked that they were ugly and cheap because it meant I didn't have to care if they got dirty or torn!

Okay, I agree with distraction being a shoddy argument. I'd be more okay with it if they just said "this is how you dress at school because the school board made this all encompassing, non-discriminatory dress code."

Well, there should never be harassment, period. It's a fine line though, as situations that are deemed formal or professional are also entirely social constructs. Steve Jobs wore a turtleneck and jeans to work, but who's to say he wasn't professional? But if I wore jeans to work, I'd get reprimanded and asked to…

Ah, but you're thinking of the fetishized Catholic/Japanese school girl unis. I'm talking about sack cloths, you know, over sized polo shirts and shapeless khakis. Worst comes to worse we'll dress all children in black school robes and just tell them Harry Potter does it so they'll like it too.

You may come across as intimidating because you've sort of built up this defensive wall around yourself. Like you are focusing so much on everything else that people don't know how to approach you. Or that you've limited yourself because you think you're too (adj) for these guys, but not (adj) enough for those guys.…

Every time I see a guy wearing his pants around the knees, I want to go up to him and tell him "you know you're asking to be raped." I don't, but I think it'd be interesting to see the tables turned.

Not to defend John Smith, but dude sometimes camel toe can be hard to ignore.

Teens are easily distracted, you don't say?

From the way you sound (and this is just from reading your comments on this thread), perhaps what you need is more confidence. (And are you perhaps a young person? In which case you have time to meet the right people.) You haven't found a guy who is attracted to you...yet.

It's just way too much fabric. Cut off a yard and you'll have a sleeker look instead of looking like a flappy grey bird.

Agree. And the dress might even have been saved if it had just been tucked in more to give more shape and definition and maybe stretched tighter around the arms. The way it's draped, definitely looks like sack cloth.

Yeah, I still think it's the same. It's just a more convoluted way of saying "I deserve it." A hot woman sleeps with an ugly dude to make him feel better, but what's in it for her? Bad sex and getting thrown on the street after? Guys like that deserve jack shit.

Being a pushover isn't attractive in a good way. If you just nod and agree with everyone, they'll probably like you because you're "pleasant" but eventually they'll find you boring. It's about picking and choosing your battles. If someone is wrong and you correct them, but she or he still insists he's right...you can…

What I'd like to know is why the height must be secret. It's not like people aren't going to find out you're not really that tall once you take off the shoes. Or is it that heeled sneakers are just too trashy, but if the wedges are secret then it's cool?

Yeah, I'm a bit confused too. I don't see Sketchers anywhere in the commercial...unless it's a secret baby company?

Probably not, but you could try drinking a bit more water (and just water, not tea with caffeine) and see how you feel?