You know, my daughter has on a few occasions gone to school in this:

See here is a big difference for me with the argument that you could never wear that stuff to work! Or that school dress code is like work dress code... When you have a job, you are PAID to adhere to certain rules, you are pain to wear certain things and you buy those things with the money you make. Uncomfortable…

I also love the irony that that stupid black shrug they put all the girls in for their graduation pictures wouldn’t even be allowed to be worn in class because SHOULDERS!

Oh the 90s. I remember just wearing full length fishnet sleeves under everything and suddenly it wasn’t an issue. Goths FTW.

I find her wit distracting, frankly.

The fact that he's checking out teenage girls and then acting like its their fault is line textbook male privilege in the worst way. I'm sorry that happened and sorry that it happens still

Seriously, what is the DEAL with spaghetti straps? Why are they such a harbinger of immorality and sin?

Uuhugggghhhhh I'm throwing up for past you.

The thing that gets me is when I wear completely appropriate clothing to my grown up well-paying professional job that WOULDN’T be in dress code. Somehow my male coworkers are able to work without being distracted by my clothing choices, a downright miracle.

This narrative of “boys simply can’t control themselves” is repeated over and over again throughout their lives. It gives them license to do so much damage to women, because someone will always pop up to defend them by saying “Well, what was he supposed to do?”

ugh, that gross feeling when, as a teen, you realize that your male teachers and administrators must be looking at your body, probably inappropriately. I remember once being taken aside by the guidance counselor and told I had to wear my coat for the rest of the day because our male principal had come to her and taken…

Not only is it ingrained, it’s useless!! As someone with a long torso and comparatively short legs, I could (and still can) get away with wearing super short dresses that still technically fit in to this stupid rule.

Oh man, I remember when spaghetti strap tank tops were a Thing in middle and high school. At a friend’s school, they had a “no spaghetti straps” policy, and so the students organized a day where all the students showed up in spaghetti strap tank tops—boys AND girls. I believe they revised the policy.

All of this makes me so sad.

When I was a teenager, I thought for sure that at some point I would just get old enough that something in my head would click, and all of a sudden I would understand and subscribe to the rationale underlying the completely bullshit dresscodes imposed upon young women in school.

The standing up straight thing is very real. My boobs are huge, and if I stand up straight, it looks like I’m thrusting them out. After being accused of showing off one too many times, it’s easier to slouch.

Even as a grown ass adult woman I still measure all of my dresses and skirts to make sure they’re longer then my longest finger when my arms are down at my side.

Also appropriate for shorts:

In summary: girls must change how they dress to avoid falling victim to the male gaze.