I got some major flak on Tumblr once because I think NOBODY should be shirtless in public. Can we have a discussion about why, in order to achieve equality, we’ve decided women must wear less clothing to be like men (shirtless), instead of suggesting men should cover up more?

Yeah, she definitely be on Tumblr.

So I’m a bitch in that I don’t think crop tops should be allowed in school, aren’t I? For the record, I don’t think those weird giant-armhole-shirt-things lots of bros wear to the gym should be school-allowed, either; I am all for “I don’t want to see your skin between your shoulders and your knees unless we’re going…

Crop tops all good, but a bra/sports bra etc? Guess I have to turn in my feminist card :/

Crop top = sports bra?

Agreed. I had to look twice at “bralettes”. I have a bralette and it would not be appropriate to wear in public, regardless of your age, because it’s A BRA. I’m on team uniform — let them wear what they want on their own time, but if girls came into my classroom in short shorts and a tank top, I made them go back to…

We forget how quickly this “empowerment” movement can quickly become the vehicle where girls can shame other girls without the “tummies” to pull such a look off. This is why “Adults” are in charge of dress codes and policy on school grounds, because we understand these things. When the inmates run the prison we have…

What do I do with the fact that I think most dress codes are stupid, but I also don’t think anyone needs to wear a crop top to school - or that wearing one anyway is not some impressive act of rebellion against oppression?

*snort* - wearing a crop top makes a girl feel "powerful." In patriarchy. Allrighty, then!

I’m grossed out they’re making this a feminist issue, which is another way to say that whoever is against crop tops at school is not a feminist and in the pocket of the patriarchy.

Yeah I don’t think this wearing a bra movement is great for equality reasons. The tank tops or shorts when boys are allowed to? Sure. But unless dudes are wearing crop tops like they are Mick Jagger in the 80s, I don’t get this.

the 90s are “retro” now.

“For my report on North Carolina, I’m going to take my shirt off and twirl it round my head like a helicopter”

“ the reality is that males go topless whereas females can’t even wear crop tops.”

but the reality is that males go topless whereas females can’t even wear crop tops.

I also spend a lot of time on Tumblr

The boys can go shirtless at her school? Or did she mean that was acceptable for men in some public situations?

I understand that the administration has said that revealing clothing is distracting to your male counterparts. And that there’s been pushback for boys sexualizing females because of the clothes they wear. But aren’t the girls also sexualizing themselves?

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Crop tops fine but some of those are just bras. You cannot just wear a bra to school. That is inappropriate for almost every occasion. School dress codes seem weird, like you can wear sweats but crop tops are unprofessional, how does that work? Like if there was a smart/casual type dress code I would get it as a…