SO many reasons!

"Sorry I don't buy into your idea that everybody other than yourself is intelligent enough to understand nuance and that we all have to constantly abide by some irrelevant form of stoic "objectivity"."

So you equate having a meeting room with a bunch of like-minded people to having a dialog that promotes a cause. I don't.

Don't we all? :) I'd never admit that to my kid, though.

"This is a blog, not a paper."

You can find solidarity, espouse views, and present your sociological evidence without resorting to polarized editorializing. When you do that, you do yourself a disservice. A great one. Because you really only leave open two possibilities: those who agree with you will agree with you vehemently, and those who…

Very much so. But is this really a case of her rights being violated? There is a dress code. If the dress code is established and written, and she violated the dress code, this isn't about her rights being violated. This is about her not liking the rules. She chose to defy them, and is unhappy with the consequences.

I wore a uniform, yes. And no, it isn't the same. Do you think military dress code is also asinine? Polished boots to a high shine, shirt and pants aligned perfectly, the right posture?

Fair enough. If you are a blog, you are a blog. And yet, "Gawker is a blog founded by Nick Denton and Elizabeth Spiers and based in New York City that bills itself as "the source for daily Manhattan media news and gossip". It focuses on celebrities and the media industry." (Source: Wikipedia)

Last I checked, the species was Homo sapiens, and both sexes belong to it.

For the same reason you teach good study habits and work ethic to children. Because it is easier to reinforce a good habit than it is to break a bad one.

This is exactly what I was hoping someone would say. Thank you.

school =/= work, and children =/= adult.

Bring back the 70's?

I'm a boy. Got sent home for wearing brown socks instead of blue.

When I was in school, I got suspended for wearing the wrong color socks.

Kids (and she is a child) ALWAYS think they are being treated 'unfairly'. It is not for them to decide what is and isn't fair. When did society go so upside-down?

Damn. And I was rooting for this couple the other day too.

"But it seems pretty clear that generally, dress-code rules for boys are generally about appearing "neat," while rules for girls are about "not creating a distraction.""

"It's a powerful statement about the normalcy of transgender individuals."