The Importance Of The Dress Code In Society

A lot of the time when we think of the word dress code we think “annoying” or “dumb”. But for a lot of women in school it’s a lot more than that. While the purpose of the dress code might be to help women in later life all it does is make a young women feel uncomfortable in her own skin. This sexualization of women doesn’t only affect them in school but for the rest of their life. Even a mother trying to breastfeed her child in public is shameful and inappropriate. This shame and self-consciousness all stems from childhood. Do we really want to tell a little girl she’s a slut when she can’t even spell the word?

The dress code system placed within schools blatantly favors men over women. Schools claim to have the dress code to help young women have the skills to dress professionally in the future, but what does that mean? Is attire the only means a woman has to say that she is a professional? Is her actual skill even a factor? The only real reason we have a dress code is because girls are

Instead of seeing women as equal to men they are almost seen as their species with their exclusive list of rules, and mannerisms that they have to follow. Because of the amount of isolation young women have from the rest of society they are expected to act perfectly, and when they don’t, it’s seen as a mistake of massive proportions. I like to compare a young woman’s role in society to someone walking a tightrope; even the slightest slip can leave you tumbling down the open sky. Not only young women are affected by these ridiculous clothing standards but also grownups, such as women who work in business or government. For instance, women on the Senate floor could wear a pantsuit until 1993! She made this comment: "A lot of Americans, black or white or female, are always told that they don’t look the part. It’s one of the oldest code words,"