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Uniforms are the answer. I know it's something that Americans really resist Cleita Dec 2012 #1
Heh, I almost have to agree. Would lead to less students being picked on. Wouldn't have Proles Dec 2012 #15
Many countries require them in their public schools or at least a smock to wear Cleita Dec 2012 #16
Uniforms are sexist lbrtbell Dec 2012 #27
Really? Where I went to school the boys had to wear uniforms too. Cleita Dec 2012 #31
+1 Sherman A1 Dec 2012 #51
In China all the kids wear track suits. wickerwoman Dec 2012 #47
Good point!!-- in 1960 AlexSatan Dec 2012 #57
My daughter and son wear almost exactly the same uniform GobBluth Dec 2012 #61
Answer to what question? Isn't the real problem that our culture tells women that their value is Egalitarian Thug Dec 2012 #35
Uniforms from before the sixties have been fetishized. Cleita Dec 2012 #46
Saige, try being honest about your goals. enlightenment Dec 2012 #2
Hmm. I got a spidey-sense tingle that hifiguy Dec 2012 #8
Or at least we got the same tingle . . . enlightenment Dec 2012 #17
When I was her age, I would have thought, "Then how will TwilightGardener Dec 2012 #3
Try on some burqas! Quantess Dec 2012 #4
WTF? lbrtbell Dec 2012 #28
there don't seem to be any good role models these days liberal_at_heart Dec 2012 #38
No one is mocking them for not wanting to be sexualised. wickerwoman Dec 2012 #48
Exactly. Fashion Police Club. Quantess Dec 2012 #50
Because non of the other kids or cliques AlexSatan Dec 2012 #58
"girls and women having control over their lives" Quantess Dec 2012 #49
Knee length shorts? gollygee Dec 2012 #5
So you can't be a 'bright, heroic' girl HappyMe Dec 2012 #6
What I know about 15 year old girls...to each their own and some girls don't... Tikki Dec 2012 #7
If it's voluntary, it's okay, so long as the school permits an FHA club for girls, too. Bucky Dec 2012 #9
That's some "fauxminism" going on right there. Chorophyll Dec 2012 #10
I've been a feminist since the 1960's lbrtbell Dec 2012 #29
I'm not sure what you're responding to. Chorophyll Dec 2012 #32
The problem starts with the designers and marketers of girl's clothes, pnwmom Dec 2012 #36
I don't think the problem starts with them, but they sure don't help. Chorophyll Dec 2012 #52
+1 AlexSatan Dec 2012 #59
Nothing wrong with that... LadyHawkAZ Dec 2012 #11
Lady Hawk, do you happen to have the link to that teen's video? riderinthestorm Dec 2012 #14
check Catherina's thread in the Feminists group LadyHawkAZ Dec 2012 #19
No star, no access to that group. riderinthestorm Dec 2012 #20
Here you go: LadyHawkAZ Dec 2012 #23
You rock!! Thank you!! I know someone who needs this right now. nt riderinthestorm Dec 2012 #24
... LadyHawkAZ Dec 2012 #25
+10 Liberal_in_LA Dec 2012 #40
Thinly veiled slut shaming aimed solely at girls (Modesty Week doesn't apply to boys obviously) riderinthestorm Dec 2012 #12
I don't think they wear the magic undies until they get married. enlightenment Dec 2012 #18
Boys/ clothes don't usually expose that much skin. pnwmom Dec 2012 #34
that depends on where you live liberal_at_heart Dec 2012 #39
Do the boys wear tops with spaghetti straps to school, bare their midriffs, pnwmom Dec 2012 #44
no they just wear shorts that droop so they can show off that area right above the pubic area liberal_at_heart Dec 2012 #45
All hail the Junior Anti-Sex League! Or the late Kim Jong Il's Pleasure Brigade. slackmaster Dec 2012 #13
Orrin Hatch's niece and nephew? Modesty, no cussing? The Mormons must be recruiting. LeftyMom Dec 2012 #21
It's not about empowerment, about repression, and as someonone noted-where's the modesty for boys? joeybee12 Dec 2012 #22
Religious Fundamentalists don't see boys as the "Temptress", but as the "Tempted". Ikonoklast Dec 2012 #42
Romney lost - so now there will be no trendsetting Mormon in the WH Smilo Dec 2012 #26
What about boys? No "modest" expectations for them? n/t gkhouston Dec 2012 #30
Miniskirts and short skirts can be worn in good taste Tabasco_Dave Dec 2012 #33
Could we get a student to start an Le Taz Hot Dec 2012 #37
It doesn't bother me liberal_at_heart Dec 2012 #41
My only objection is seeing their Le Taz Hot Dec 2012 #43
Complete agreement here. amandabeech Dec 2012 #53
When I see teens like that AlexSatan Dec 2012 #60
I think I heard that in the 60s already. We were very aware of being used in these ways already jwirr Dec 2012 #54
It's groups like this that create the stereotype that 'short skirts/short tops = slut' LynneSin Dec 2012 #55
Interesting, but odd. MineralMan Dec 2012 #56
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