Why no facial piercings? What is that shit? Why does the school get to decide if you can pierce your own body or not?

Yes, but as soon as you make the implication that something a young girl wore played a role in her getting teased, you're creating the suggestion that it's her fault. You can type 100,000 words to argue otherwise, but that's the impact it has on young girls.

Did your reply get deleted? So did mine. I thought I was respectful, if I wasn't I'd like to know what I did because I'm new to posting and did not intend to offend.

There was an issue with a girl getting teased for the panties she wore

I'm all for dismissing assholes, but no one on here (that I've seen) has given any good reason for it—other than to disagree with your point. That's kind of par for the course in commenting. I certainly don't see anyone starting a "fight" with you. I think you're making an opinionated point (as is your right) and…

Then again, why would anyone's education suffer if your hair is mohawked and bright pink. I'm a teacher at a high school, and I deal with this issue just yesterday because girls were told that they were 'distracting to boys' and were upset about it. I went to my boss and told him nearly the same thing. (And he's…

You're being fucking ridiculous. Who are you to decide what middle schoolers should and should not focus on? They can't study hard and take an hour a month to dye their hair? Who gives a crap if hair is natural or not? People fly around in airplanes and survive diabetes with synthetic insulin!

You must get ALL OF THE GUNS too!

You and your facts are making me uncomfortable. I'm going to donate $100 to the RNC and watch Fox and Friends a few hours more and see if that causes the discomfort to subside.

Do have any research or specific evidence that proves middle schoolers get so distracted by bright colored hair they don't pay attention in class?

I could see how a man would feel attacked by the hashtag if he's a piece of shit who harasses women.

Good god that line of argument is obnoxious. If your middle schooler is really so delicate that s/he cannot pay attention to class in the presence of colorful hair, s/he has problems that no dress code is going to fix.

Weird. I can't see it on either the 'chat' view or on Not-You's user page.

The craziest thing about this whole thing is that the #YesAllWomen thing isn't even about bashing men! It's about stating facts, and all this aftermath the FACT is that these guys are uncomfortable looking at themselves through the female gaze.

I realize you're probably going to delete this reply, like you did Not-you's, but the idea that any of the examples of dress codes pertain solely to having students cover their privates is a laughable strawman. There are larger, gendered issues in this discussion and you know it.

A lot of people pointed out to me that there's a huge issue with the fingertip rule. It only works if you are proportioned accordingly. Some people's "fingertips" extend to different places. Some hit mid thigh, some hit above the knee, etc. That creates a unfair standard of judgement, you know? It's telling people…

It's not pointless simply because you don't understand the point

How is any of that common sense? Was it okay to bleach your hair blonde, but not dye it pink? How does that make sense?

Clearly your wife has never attended a school with uniforms. There are all sorts of competitions — whose uniform is new, vs whose was bought at the school resale, whose is dry cleaned and perfectly pressed, vs whose isn't even ironed. The leggy girls whose regulation length skirts hit at mid-thigh, and the busty girls…

Where I work now you get strange looks for actually dressing business professional. The go-to look for most people is a nice pair of jeans, and t-shirt or polo. I miss getting to dress in skirt suits and heels. It all depends on what industry you go into.