Lauren Wiggins, Moncton teen, takes stand against 'unjust' school dress code

[calgarygeologist]

Originally Posted by Kelekin

This is why I went to online high school. Everyone using the internet is already naked and the principal can't see you to to discipline you.

P.S. - now you can assume everyone on this board is posting while naked if you weren't already assuming so.

It would be awesome if we didn't have to wear pants at the office.

[Kelekin]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

Not gonna lie. I would find that distracting if I was in her class lol.

I think her face is plenty distracting. NIQAB IT IS.

[Senator Clay Davis]

Do 14-18 year old guys really need a reason to be "sexually distracted"? Are they not sexually distracted 24/7 whether a girl is in sweat pants or a dress? I mean using that as an excuse is pretty lame.

[Erick Estrada]

Originally Posted by Kelekin

I think her face is plenty distracting. NIQAB IT IS.

Yeah I would be distracted if she was wearing sweat pants and a T-shirt as she's got those eyes. As for the outfit I have to assume it's the low cut of it that the school feels is distracting? Can't tell if she was flaunting cleavage or not but otherwise looks like a nice summer dress.

[Kelekin]

Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis

Do 14-18 year old guys really need a reason to be "sexually distracted"? Are they not sexually distracted 24/7 whether a girl is in sweat pants or a dress? I mean using that as an excuse is pretty lame.

From what I remember, I was always sexually distracted. I found sweaters just as distracting as skin. This is such a hilarious non-issue and I can't believe we still have to deal with it.

[cDnStealth]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

Not gonna lie. I would find that distracting if I was in her class lol.

Ya but I doubt you'd complain about it lol.

[CorsiHockeyLeague]

Well this thread took a turn for the creepier.

[rubecube]

Originally Posted by ernie

But you also don't ignore the rules as you try to change them....

This is hilarious. Someone should've sent Rosa Parks a memo, eh?

[Matata]

"No naked shoulders" seems like a perfectly reasonable expectation for classroom dress, it's gender neutral too. I'm all for breaking dumb oppressive rules, but it's really obvious she's just picking this fight in order to put herself on a pedestal.

[CorsiHockeyLeague]

Originally Posted by Matata

"No naked shoulders" seems like a perfectly reasonable expectation for classroom dress, it's gender neutral too.

Shoulders? Scandalous! And lo, what prevents this provocative young strumpet from flashing a bit of the ankle to the gentlemen sitting near her during their lectures? How, one is inclined to ask, could one read one's grammar lesson under such circumstances? A wonder, I say, that the pedagogical system itself hasn't collapsed in these debaucherous times.

[rubecube]

I remember being 14 and the highlight of my day being if a girl's thong was peaking out of the top of her pants. Teenage boys are extremely sad and pathetic sacks of testosterone-fueled despair. Pretty much anything is provocative to them.

[Matata]

Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague

Shoulders? Scandalous! And lo, what prevents this provocative young strumpet from flashing a bit of the ankle to the gentlemen sitting near her during their lectures? How, one is inclined to ask, could one read one's grammar lesson under such circumstances? A wonder, I say, that the pedagogical system itself hasn't collapsed in these debaucherous times.

Just because a rule can be interpreted as "promoting rape culture" doesn't mean that's all there is to it. "No naked shoulders" is also about hygiene and professionalism, again, reasonable expectations for classroom dress. How many people want to sit in a hot classroom with 30 high school kids with exposed arm pits?

[woob]

Originally Posted by Resolute 14

The cow ring she is wearing is far more offensive than the dress.

Originally Posted by Weitz

If anything the cow ring should be outlawed.

Did I just walk into an old folks home?

[shermanator]

If I remember my high school days accurately, everything about a girl would be a sexual distraction. A girl could be wearing a turtleneck and it was still boner central.

[Weitz]

Originally Posted by woob

Did I just walk into an old folks home?

Makes me old that I don't like a particular piercing? I like many other kinds.

[TorqueDog]

Originally Posted by rubecube

This is hilarious. Someone should've sent Rosa Parks a memo, eh?

No friggin' kidding. Every time I start to think we've come such a long way as a society and then threads like this remind me that there's still a loud, dumb-as-rocks segment of the population that needs to be dragged kicking and screaming into the 21st century.

Originally Posted by Matata

"No naked shoulders" is also about hygiene and professionalism, again, reasonable expectations for classroom dress. How many people want to sit in a hot classroom with 30 high school kids with exposed arm pits?

You DO know that it's antiperspirant and not the clothes that keep people from sweating and smelling like ass, right?

I hope this girl taking a stand leads to the school having to revise their policies. She's not wrong here.

[Matata]

Originally Posted by TorqueDog

No friggin' kidding. Every time I start to think we've come such a long way as a society and then threads like this remind me that there's still a loud, dumb-as-rocks segment of the population that needs to be dragged kicking and screaming into the 21st century.

You DO know that it's antiperspirant and not the clothes that keep people from sweating and smelling like ass, right?

Shirts can significantly limit odor from spreading, don't pretend like it doesn't (they capture odor before it becomes airborne, science!) . If I'm a teacher that's stuck in a room with 30 hot smelly kids, I'll take as many layers of protection from their stink as I can get (even in the off chance they are all using deodorant properly).

I love that I'm getting branded with the old-doddering man crowd. I've been to enough Hippy festivals that I've grown almost entirely numb to the sight of a naked human body. Dress appropriate to the occasion, you're in a classroom not a garden party.

[MarchHare]

Originally Posted by Matata

"No naked shoulders" seems like a perfectly reasonable expectation for classroom dress, it's gender neutral too. I'm all for breaking dumb oppressive rules, but it's really obvious she's just picking this fight in order to put herself on a pedestal.

Rhetorical question because I'm sure you already know the answer: if a male student violated the dress code in exactly the same manner by wearing a tank top to class, would the principal have said his attire was a "sexual distraction" to the female students?

That's the issue here. A young woman is being told by adults in positions of authority that her perfectly acceptable dress is inappropriate because her horndog male classmates can't control their sexual urges. It's absolutely an unfair double standard, and good on Ms. Wiggins for taking a stand against it.

[Zarley]

I think public schools should implement uniforms. Not only to stop these silly controversies, but also to hopefully teach younger generations how to dress. Standard attire for the average North American is pretty sad these days.

[FlamesAddiction]

Originally Posted by Matata

Shirts can significantly limit odor from spreading, don't pretend like it doesn't (they capture odor before it becomes airborne, science!) . If I'm a teacher that's stuck in a room with 30 hot smelly kids, I'll take as many layers of protection from their stink as I can get (even in the off chance they are all using deodorant properly).

I love that I'm getting branded with the old-doddering man crowd. I've been to enough Hippy festivals that I've grown almost entirely numb to the sight of a naked human body. Dress appropriate to the occasion, you're in a classroom not a garden party.

I tend to agree. I don't think there is anything wrong with the way she is dressed per se, but I'm not against have dress codes for school settings. What I am against though is singling her out if it was not already explicitly stated before she attended the school. I recall my high school had restrictions on males wearing muscle shirts as well.

In fact, in grade 8, our school tried to ban students wearing all black. There was a big hoopla about kids wearing black clothes being too rebellious and even Satanic. It was ridiculous and prompted me to change schools the next year. The late 80s and early 90s were crazy like that. TV personalities like Geraldo and Donahue had parents and teachers scared ####less that how your kids dressed indicated whether they were on drugs, suicidal, into Satan... etc. Like if they were any of those things, forcing them to dress differently would fix that.