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According to the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), "If an employer has a dress code, it should modify it to avoid gender stereotypes and enforce it consistently." The HRC lists policies requiring women to wear skirts or men to wear pants as an example of a dress code that reinforces gender stereotypes. [1]
Cannes Film Festival has a dress code that requires men to wear tuxedos and women to wear gowns and high-heeled shoes. [1] A dress code is a set of rules, often written, with regard to what clothing groups of people must wear. Dress codes are created out of social perceptions and norms, and vary based on purpose, circumstances, and occasions.
Another area of controversy regarding school uniform and dress code policies revolve around the issue of gender. Nowadays, more teenagers are more frequently "dressing to articulate, or confound gender identity and sexual orientation ", which brings about "responses from school officials that ranged from indifferences to applause to bans".
Rules about in-school attire are disproportionately enforced against LGBTQ+-identifying kids and students of color. They also make learning harder.
Fresno Unified’s policy lets administrators at each school site determine enforcement of the dress code, but cannot suspend or expel a student “except under exigent circumstances.”
Story at a glance School dress code policies disproportionately affect girls, LGBTQ+ students and students of color, according to a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report released this week.
The dress code in primary and secondary grades for boys comprises dark blue, khaki, or black shorts with a white open-collar short-sleeved shirt, white ankle socks or long dark socks, and brown or black trainers. Female students, wear a knee-length dark blue or black skirt, and a pale white blouse with a loosely hanging bow tie.
“When you are being told ‘You’re showing something that you shouldn’t be showing’ — that’s just hurtful.”