dress code
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My shoulders distract you or so they powers that be exclaim
What you really should be doing is teaching the boys how to tame
Their horomones, but lets be real it is not really them that is bothered
in today's day and age it's no mystery why girls feel oppressedfor being pulled out of class because of the way they are dressedthe school staff seemingly unable to avert their eyesfrom collarbones, hips, behinds, and thighs overlooking what happe
"Yes, hello teacher, I hope your summer's been fine.
No, I did not find the homework to be all that challenging."
I'll try to make pleasant conversation
as I sit here on my knees, uncomfortably watching
I will never forget last summer. I had always read in those girly books that the summer before senior year is a magical time of romance, ice cream, and sunny soCal beaches. I wanted to make summer memorable. But not for the reasons it was.
I am not a woman,
yet I still see
The discrimination that occurs
If there is a hole in their jeans.
Most men do not sexualize women
As administration suggests.
We care more about our education
I am at war.
A constant battle against myself,
against my mind, body and soul.
Longing to find the pieces of me
I once could control.
My mind was once a garden flourishing with depth.
The school dress code states:
Girls may not wear shirts without sleeves
Girls may not wear shorts that do not extend past fingertip length
Girls may not have shirts that dip down the width of her hand from her neck
I have always considered myself modest
It wasn't until the school year of 2012
someone finally thought to point out the length of my shorts and skirts
funny
Dressing is apart of me
Successing is apart of who i want to be
Can you look at me without critizing
Or is it just a walk of fate I just dont see.
Can you not see who I am
No
You are not a shark:a woman does not attract you likeblood in water.You do not exist to fill the roleof predator.Your kind, if so suitable to law make, legislate, mandate,
