Stop sexualizing dress codes/uniforms in schools.

Adolescence is already a time of great insecurities, so to enforce policies in social settings, like schools, that exacerbate it is very troubling. I can speak to my experience in a public school–in middle school I was wearing shorts and a teacher of mine made me stand up in the front of class while I was asked to measure my inseam with a ruler. It was embarrassing, distracting, and the only person who was hurt in the process was myself. I missed class time and was teased by my peers. This slut-shaming policy doesn’t help stop classroom distraction. It creates it. On the other side, how are actions like these affecting the young male psyche, by implying that they cannot control themselves around a female wearing tight clothing? The policy implies girls are at fault for boys’ actions. STOP!