Here we go again. Yet another example of an authoritarian institution shaming and over sexualizing girls bodies, while also sending them the message that their comfort or right to express themselves with their clothing is less important than allowing boys to continually see women as sexual objects.
Except that this time a school district shamed a girl that was is fully clothed.
Erica Edgerlyโs little sister, Macy who was a senior in high school, was sent home for wearing a loose shirt that completely covered her chest, shoulders, and her rear end. She was also wearing pants that went past her knees.
Edgerlyโs angry post where she slammed her sisterโs public Texas high school, for their damaging message to girls and boys was shared more than 95,000 times.
โToday, my sister was sent home from school for wearing the clothes in the picture below. And Iโm sorry but I have to stand up for my family and for women who are degraded and judged for their bodies and clothing everyday. People wonder why women feel insecure about their bodies or what they wear, And itโs because youโre told your clothing is inappropriate when youโre completley fully clothed, even whenyouโre not showing cleavage or anything. How about instead of body shaming women, school systems should start teaching 15-18-year-old boys to stop degrading women with their eyes and contributing to the rape culture of todayโs society,โ she wrote. โBottom line, girls cannot go to school in comfortable clothes THAT COVER EVERYTHING because school systems are afraid that hormonal boys wonโt be able to control their eyes and minds. And that is such a bigger problem than worrying about clothing.โ
Edgerly also stood up for young men who are branded as beings who canโt control their hormones and only see women in a sexual manner and who actually just see a girl in shirt and pants when they look at Macy.
โNo, I do no believe that all boys in middle school/high school degrade young women or sexualize their bodies. That is my pointโฆ this is not an inappropriate outfit, yet some are worried it might be seen that way, so they send girls home to change to try to avoid an issue and THAT is the problem. Not to mention, when you send someone home because of inappropriate clothing, youโre taking away from their education. So I guess itโs more important for boys to not have distractions (even when theyโre arenโt any) than a womanโs education. When will people realize how big of an issue this really is?โ
Probably when that older generation is no more and the younger generation is left to lead us into a less archaic and more just and civilized world, which means itโs only a matter of time.
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