Wasn't there a time, not that long ago, when student protests were, you know,
about something? In New York City's legendary Stuyvesant High School, kids are bucking the administration en masse and taking on another critical issue: dress codes. They fought back hard recently at new regulations in a campaign they called "Slutty Wednesday," during which they wore risque outfits to school and passed around flyers that said "Redress the Dress Code." Edgy!
Some of the draconian rules the brave students are protesting require, according to
The New York Times that any sayings and illustrations on clothing should be in “good taste.” Another calls for shorts, dresses and skirts to extend at least beyond the fingertips when arms are extended straight down. A third bans the exposing of “shoulders, undergarments, midriffs and lower backs.”
“We work our asses off here and school is about learning. Clothing is not important,” ninth grader Lucy Greider told The New York Post. Some of the boys protested the new rules as well, claiming offense that the administration assumed they were unable to control themselves in the presence of girls in short skirts, and definitely not because they want to see girls in short skirts. So what do you think about "Slutty Wednesday?"
Oh Nelly!
If clothing doesn't matter so much, why exactly are they doing this?
...there really is only one logical solution to this problem.
How about you concentrate on your own clothes, and let each individual decide for themselves what they want to wear, okay?
*Quotations, because, while Arabic and Islamic culture is quite beautiful in many areas, the oppression of people should never be considered a part of any culture, and it certainly should not be protected under the guise of cultural differences.