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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 06:23 PM Original message |
Female student barred from her graduation for wearing pants |
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MSgt213 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
1. I'm so glad all our problems with education systems in this country have |
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yngliberal (174 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 06:29 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Exactly! |
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MSgt213 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 06:35 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Sometimes I just want to scream at the stupid bullshit we have to put up |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 06:48 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. The ACLU is quoted in that story |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 07:01 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. You're still wrong |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 01:32 PM Response to Reply #15 |
219. Title IX is about equal funding |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 02:22 PM Response to Reply #219 |
242. Title IX covers this -- any discrimination by schools |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 02:30 PM Response to Reply #242 |
248. And do you think a dress code for graduation is discrimination? |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 02:46 PM Response to Reply #248 |
255. Yes, it is according to Title IX |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 02:50 PM Response to Reply #255 |
256. So requiring the boys to wear slacks is also a violation? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 03:41 PM Response to Reply #256 |
263. I understand that when boys have wanted to wear kilts, they've been |
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One_Life_To_Give (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 03:51 PM Response to Reply #263 |
271. Seems to be fought every year |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 05:20 PM Response to Reply #256 |
291. I'm not an attorney either (yet) |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 02:18 PM Response to Reply #291 |
345. Correct -- that si what our school attorney said n/t |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 08:50 AM Response to Reply #256 |
339. It is breaking the law because they are different dress codes for male an |
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Ms. Toad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 07:38 PM Response to Reply #11 |
34. She dressed in one of the two designated options |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 10:00 PM Response to Reply #11 |
73. boys don't cry |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 11:53 PM Response to Reply #1 |
95. Living in the NW, I'm thankful there's no such thing as "decorum" HERE. |
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Jack from Charlotte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 12:48 PM Response to Reply #1 |
195. Count me as being against girls wearing any pants. (nt) |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 01:14 PM Response to Reply #195 |
207. You devil you. |
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AnOhioan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
3. Easy call............. |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
5. Violation of Title IX, plain and simple |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 08:05 PM Response to Reply #5 |
37. Is there some doctrine of "assent through silence" in the law? |
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conflictgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 08:07 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. From your posts it appears that you agree with the school |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 08:38 PM Response to Reply #38 |
54. The first one |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 08:39 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. Ah, now it makes sense. |
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conflictgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 09:04 PM Response to Reply #54 |
62. I don't understand |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 06:04 PM Response to Reply #62 |
301. The article specifically said she had a tie on |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 06:08 PM Response to Reply #301 |
303. Your simple deduction is a simple assumption. |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 06:12 PM Response to Reply #301 |
305. Who said she had to go buy the stuff? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 11:42 PM Response to Reply #54 |
91. Please read the article again. It doesn't say she was wearing men's |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 01:31 PM Response to Reply #91 |
218. Yes, let's read it again, shall we? |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 01:38 PM Response to Reply #218 |
222. Aside from the tie, which women still wear... |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 01:40 PM Response to Reply #222 |
225. Not at her graduation |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 01:50 PM Response to Reply #225 |
228. From the picture, it looks like wearing a tie would be closer to her |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 02:23 PM Response to Reply #228 |
243. I wondered about that too |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 03:03 PM Response to Reply #243 |
258. She might not be trans, just butch. |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 03:46 PM Response to Reply #258 |
268. yeah, cuz no REAL woman wouldn't want to wear a dress and get all |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 05:18 PM Response to Reply #268 |
290. I don't believe I'm stereotyping. |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 08:46 AM Response to Reply #290 |
337. 's okay, haruka |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 09:57 PM Response to Reply #268 |
319. I'm having the same reaction, Scout. She didn't look like |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 02:23 AM Response to Reply #319 |
332. She looks like a butch to me. |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 08:46 AM Response to Reply #332 |
338. Thank you n/t |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 10:47 AM Response to Reply #319 |
344. I can't believe the people on here who are claiming that you can tell |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 02:50 PM Response to Reply #344 |
348. Here's a quote from her mother... |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 03:05 PM Response to Reply #348 |
350. You're not a homophobe |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 03:22 PM Response to Reply #350 |
352. I like the French too. |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 03:25 PM Response to Reply #352 |
353. That is so funny |
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spooky3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 04:09 PM Response to Reply #225 |
280. I don't understand your point. She's in a Catch-22. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 09:38 PM Response to Reply #225 |
316. Do you think it would be OK to require faculty women to wear dresses |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 03:44 PM Response to Reply #218 |
265. It doesn't say "boys' slacks." "Slacks" isn't a gender-based term. |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 12:36 PM Response to Reply #54 |
187. Whatca gonna do when the administration says to |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 08:13 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. No. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 08:28 PM Response to Reply #37 |
47. You forgot to mention that she was wearing a graduation gown over the |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 12:13 PM Response to Reply #37 |
176. Explain what exactly is "men's clothing" here? |
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Book Lover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
6. Isn't everyone under a robe anyway? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 08:30 PM Response to Reply #6 |
48. She's wearing a robe in the picture. This is unbelievably stupid. |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 12:40 AM Response to Reply #6 |
102. LOL fine, you don't want me in pants, I'll take them off! |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 02:08 AM Response to Reply #102 |
105. You forget. She wasn't wearing the all important womanly HEELS! |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
7. Fuck graduation ceremonies. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
8. My opinion... |
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laureloak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 09:45 PM Response to Reply #8 |
70. She knew the rules all along but chose to oppose them in |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 09:54 PM Response to Reply #70 |
72. Grats on supporting violating Title IX. (n/t) |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 11:38 PM Response to Reply #70 |
89. Are all rules meant to be followed no matter how dumb? |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 11:03 AM Response to Reply #89 |
140. uh yeah |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 12:01 PM Response to Reply #140 |
166. So when Bush makes a rule -- such as, if you have PEACE bumper |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 01:35 PM Response to Reply #166 |
220. Another strawman!! |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 03:46 PM Response to Reply #220 |
267. It's all about control. That's the same in both cases. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 12:09 PM Response to Reply #140 |
171. Good thing Ghandi, King and many others didn't take that advice |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 01:36 PM Response to Reply #171 |
221. Ghandi and King violated the dress codes for their high school |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 01:38 PM Response to Reply #221 |
223. Ooo, way to sidestep a rebuttal |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 01:44 PM Response to Reply #223 |
226. I just think this is a silly thing to fight |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 02:10 PM Response to Reply #226 |
235. no company I've ever worked at, dress code or not.... |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 02:28 PM Response to Reply #235 |
246. It is still common in education. |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 03:44 PM Response to Reply #246 |
266. who said quit? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 03:49 PM Response to Reply #246 |
269. It sounds like you really think that teaching conformity should be |
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conflictgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 04:31 PM Response to Reply #246 |
285. I know lots of teachers, and don't know any required to wear dresses |
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spooky3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 05:00 PM Response to Reply #246 |
288. Workplace rules and rules for students attending public schools are not |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 02:26 PM Response to Reply #226 |
245. I think it's a silly think to kick a kid out of their own graduation for |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 02:39 PM Response to Reply #245 |
253. You've never been a waitress I guess |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 03:51 PM Response to Reply #253 |
270. How do you know when they told the students about the dress code? |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 05:22 PM Response to Reply #140 |
292. Somebody needs to read up on civil rights cases |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 10:50 AM Response to Reply #70 |
132. Laureloak, part of earning a high school diploma... |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 12:02 PM Response to Reply #132 |
167. And when grownups do it, we call it civil disobedience. |
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laureloak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 10:06 AM Response to Reply #132 |
342. Or you might even be adult enough to discuss issues |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 10:19 AM Response to Reply #342 |
343. Apparently, she tried to do that... |
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laureloak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 02:20 PM Response to Reply #343 |
346. She tried AT THE LAST MINUTE. |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 02:46 PM Response to Reply #346 |
347. It's an ILLEGAL dress code. |
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laureloak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 03:01 PM Response to Reply #347 |
349. Who cares? That's silly. |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 03:21 PM Response to Reply #349 |
351. Wow, quite a argument there. |
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laureloak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 09:35 PM Response to Reply #351 |
355. Sometimes common sense trumps the letter of the law. n/t |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 10:53 PM Response to Reply #355 |
357. Yes, but this is not one of those cases. |
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laureloak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 08:59 PM Response to Reply #357 |
363. Im saying it as a parent ... and yes, a woman. |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 09:37 PM Response to Reply #363 |
364. First of all, your "common sense trumps law" bit is ridiculous |
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laureloak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 10:02 PM Response to Reply #364 |
366. Whatever already. This is going waayyyy overboard. |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-13-06 02:52 AM Response to Reply #363 |
368. Two points. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 11:02 AM Response to Reply #70 |
139. Me neither - no sympathy |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 11:37 AM Response to Reply #139 |
154. She might not have had weeks. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 01:25 PM Response to Reply #154 |
212. I am not a lawyer but I disagree about Title IX |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 02:24 PM Response to Reply #212 |
244. See post #242 |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 12:03 PM Response to Reply #139 |
169. That might have gotten her a lot more attention, if that's what |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 01:26 PM Response to Reply #169 |
213. Well I would call dressing like a man |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 02:31 PM Response to Reply #213 |
249. Proud2blib -- I greatly respect you and your posts |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 09:42 PM Response to Reply #213 |
317. I saw her picture and she looked like a kid in a graduation gown. |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 01:07 PM Response to Reply #139 |
202. Why don't you go get yourself a pair of |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 01:27 PM Response to Reply #202 |
215. Did the dress code say the girls had to wear heels? |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 02:06 PM Response to Reply #215 |
234. yes. didn't you read the article before posting? |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 02:18 PM Response to Reply #234 |
238. Thanks I am sorry I forgot that part |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 03:54 PM Response to Reply #238 |
272. And suppose she went through channels AND they said no. |
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laureloak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 09:58 AM Response to Reply #272 |
340. She went through channels and worked it out ahead of time. |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 02:31 PM Response to Reply #215 |
250. Yes -- I have a bad knee, and couldn't wear heels even if I wanted to |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 12:51 PM Response to Reply #70 |
196. That's a good little sheep...... |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 01:29 PM Response to Reply #196 |
216. My beef is not with what she wore so much as with the fact that she |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 03:55 PM Response to Reply #216 |
273. I'm not following you. What was the way she chose to do it? |
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laureloak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 09:59 AM Response to Reply #8 |
341. A scholarship FOR WHAT? Is she a worthy student? n/t |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
9. That's my kind of School! NO PANTS! |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
10. Odd reaction to it |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 07:04 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. She could have MENTIONED this to someone beforehand |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 08:59 PM Response to Reply #19 |
60. Who says that they would have changed the code if she had brought it up? |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 09:42 PM Response to Reply #60 |
68. Exactly. Schools aren't known for being "brilliant" about dress codes. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 10:50 PM Response to Reply #68 |
79. Why do public schools always seem on the verge of treating |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 11:40 AM Response to Reply #79 |
156. My school had awesome teachers and nice vice principals... |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 11:15 PM Response to Reply #60 |
87. well, don't you honestly have an obligation to try? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 11:56 PM Response to Reply #87 |
96. Maybe she thought her chances of succeeding were low. |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 09:11 AM Response to Reply #96 |
128. what she wore isn't comfortable |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 09:48 AM Response to Reply #128 |
129. I'd rather wear a tie than that big, plastic baggy called 'hose'. nt |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 12:12 PM Response to Reply #129 |
174. On a hot day. In the sun. While you sweat. OMG. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 12:08 PM Response to Reply #128 |
170. And remind me who really wants to wear pantyhose and heels? |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 01:29 PM Response to Reply #60 |
217. Well how would we know what they would have said ? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 03:57 PM Response to Reply #217 |
274. But she knows them. We don't. Her chance of guessing their possible |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 06:21 AM Response to Reply #19 |
117. She didn't have anything to mention |
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ncrainbowgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 10:49 PM Response to Reply #19 |
323. In high school, I was painfully shy. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
12. Hosiery in June is cruel and unusual punishment. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 09:01 PM Response to Reply #12 |
61. HEELS are cruel and unusual punishment. |
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conflictgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
13. If half the girls in the school don't own dresses |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 07:02 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. State: North Carolina |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 08:09 PM Response to Reply #16 |
40. Fayetteville: conservative military town |
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conflictgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 07:04 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Also, it seems really pathetic that in 2006 women still have to protest |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 07:05 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Women wearing mens clothes is communism |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 07:09 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. If there were no gender-appropriate pants for women I'd agree |
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lukasahero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 07:17 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Ah yes, because of course all women are built the same |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 07:18 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. You tell him. |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 07:18 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. What don't you understand? |
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BlackVelvet04 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 07:26 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. I don't..... |
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Ms. Toad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 07:30 PM Response to Reply #23 |
31. FWIW I wear men's corduroys and dress khakis |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 07:31 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. My girlfriend has a habit of stealing my pants |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 08:01 PM Response to Reply #23 |
36. LOTS of women wear men's pants - |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 08:32 PM Response to Reply #23 |
49. Please read the article again. It doesn't say she was wearing boy's |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 08:34 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. Sexist bigots. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 08:57 PM Response to Reply #50 |
59. My public school stopped arguing about pants 35 years ago. It amazes |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 06:22 AM Response to Reply #50 |
118. Agreed n/t |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 09:44 PM Response to Reply #23 |
69. I have several pairs of pants from the boys department. |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 10:07 PM Response to Reply #23 |
76. Where the fuck in the article did it say "mens" dress pants? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 11:48 PM Response to Reply #76 |
94. NOWHERE. And who cares when it's UNDER an academic gown? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 10:58 PM Response to Reply #23 |
85. The article doesn't even say she was wearing men's pants. But you don't |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 06:24 AM Response to Reply #23 |
119. Guess you haven't been to Old Navy, huh? |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 07:19 AM Response to Reply #23 |
126. Men's pants don't even fit women right |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 12:26 PM Response to Reply #23 |
180. Some women do. Some don't. You seem to have some |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 01:12 PM Response to Reply #23 |
205. Not all women.... |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-11-06 12:27 AM Response to Reply #23 |
360. I have a straight body, no curves. I wear mens pants. |
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One_Life_To_Give (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 12:58 PM Response to Reply #17 |
198. Men have to protest for the right to wear skirts |
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bunyip (180 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 10:19 PM Response to Reply #13 |
78. Because that would be logical. |
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bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
14. Sounds like 1969 or something. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 07:06 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. I was going to say 1910. |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 07:08 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. That's something I never understood |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 07:11 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. If she's wearing pants... |
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Ms. Toad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 10:02 PM Response to Reply #21 |
75. Nah, |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 02:14 AM Response to Reply #75 |
106. I also remember walking to school with pants under my skirt so my legs |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 10:53 AM Response to Reply #106 |
133. I taught at a fairly poor school. |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 07:04 PM Response to Original message |
18. Fashion Fascism is just as reprehensible as any kind of fascism. |
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Lady Effingbroke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 07:27 PM Response to Reply #18 |
30. TahitiNut, you are my new hero! |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 08:25 PM Response to Reply #30 |
45. I'm with you |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 10:57 PM Response to Reply #30 |
84. I won't wear rings or jewelry or hair gel or anything scented, either. |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 08:49 PM Response to Reply #18 |
58. You need to visit my county |
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Castilleja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 12:40 AM Response to Reply #18 |
103. Coolest post in this thread! |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 02:18 AM Response to Reply #18 |
108. Medical scrubs and birkenstocks. That's pretty much the style here in |
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Dem2theMax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 03:42 AM Response to Reply #18 |
116. A man after my own heart. Can we clone you? LOL. |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
25. The dress code for graduation should be the same they allow for school. |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 08:27 PM Response to Reply #25 |
46. It was required at my high school 20 years ago |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 06:27 AM Response to Reply #25 |
120. I wore shorts to my college graduation |
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BlackVelvet04 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
32. I'm with her.... |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 08:41 PM Response to Reply #32 |
57. You can say that again. They just don't fit. |
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BlackVelvet04 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 09:32 PM Response to Reply #57 |
65. I wear a ten |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 10:53 PM Response to Reply #65 |
81. Whatever the hell 'ten' and 'six' actually stand for. nt |
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katamaran (352 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
35. Sheesh...I went through almost the exact same thing MANY times |
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NiteOwll (148 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 12:13 AM Response to Reply #35 |
98. That sounds like my graduations |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 06:29 AM Response to Reply #35 |
121. I wore shorts to my college graduation |
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Katherine Brengle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
39. Um, I'd have to side with her--why should she wear a dress if she |
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prole_for_peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 08:17 PM Response to Original message |
42. us girls were told to wear WHITE shoes to my hs graduation. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 08:39 PM Response to Reply #42 |
55. Most people look HORRIBLE in white shoes, or like Minnie Mouse. nt |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 09:18 PM Response to Reply #42 |
64. Bully the "kids" is right although many (most?) of those "kids" |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 02:27 AM Response to Reply #64 |
111. And do they feel all the ankles to make sure hose is actually being |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
43. It sounds like you are madder at her because she went to the trouble |
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One_Life_To_Give (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 01:08 PM Response to Reply #43 |
203. Sexist dress code |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 08:21 PM Response to Original message |
44. I agree that it is stupid to have one set of standards for girls |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 04:00 PM Response to Reply #44 |
277. I've had two recent graduates in robes and neither robe was so flimsy |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 04:27 PM Response to Reply #277 |
282. our robes are those thin plastic like cloth |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 09:29 PM Response to Reply #282 |
314. I guess yours must be cooler, which would be good. Hers is a dark color |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 06:09 AM Response to Reply #314 |
333. I teach so I only see them but they probably are fairly cool |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 08:34 PM Response to Original message |
51. Heh, at my graduation I don't remember them being real picky about WHAT we |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 10:51 PM Response to Reply #51 |
80. LOL! |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 08:35 PM Response to Original message |
52. I hope she sues, and the school admin gets fired. n/t |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 08:38 PM Response to Original message |
53. and now...from California |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 09:06 PM Response to Reply #53 |
63. And Oregon too |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 02:20 AM Response to Reply #63 |
109. I was going to ask: what is hose again? It sounds familiar. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 12:00 AM Response to Reply #53 |
97. That's the whole point of academic robes, IMO. Everybody looks the |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 11:48 AM Response to Reply #97 |
161. Yeah, we had a dress code for graduation. |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 02:36 PM Response to Reply #161 |
251. OMG -- they did the same thing with our mortarboards, too! |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 06:31 AM Response to Reply #53 |
122. It's in Fayetteville, NC, a very conservative military town |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
66. Remember, what goes around comes around |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 11:06 PM Response to Reply #66 |
86. I just don't get why so many schools treat their students as |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
67. Well maybe she had bigfoot in a leglock and didn't want to shave him. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
71. School to student: Take off those pants! |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 11:40 PM Original message |
That's what RKO Film studio told Hepburn ...the rest is history. nt |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
74. Oh, for pete's sake (exasperation at administration, not OP) |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 10:53 PM Response to Reply #74 |
82. This is why it would be so hard for me to live in much of the South. |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
77. So, you think the girl was in the wrong? |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 10:57 PM Response to Original message |
83. I agree with you |
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conflictgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 11:18 PM Response to Reply #83 |
88. It's not unreasonable to have different dress codes for males and females? |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 11:40 PM Response to Reply #88 |
90. I don't see the dress code as the issue so much |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 11:47 PM Response to Reply #90 |
93. What is so extreme about wearing slacks under your academic robes |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 12:36 AM Response to Reply #93 |
100. She's a she |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 02:06 AM Response to Reply #100 |
104. Because "she's a she"??? Are you kidding? When was the last time we |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 10:53 AM Response to Reply #104 |
134. It's called decorum |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 10:59 AM Response to Reply #134 |
135. "This little girl"? |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 11:04 AM Response to Reply #135 |
141. She sure doesn't strike me as being very high on the maturity scale |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 11:09 AM Response to Reply #141 |
143. Really? |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 11:09 AM Response to Reply #141 |
144. To the contrary, those that made such a big deal over her attire |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 12:25 PM Response to Reply #141 |
179. Some of the adults around here strike me as being very high |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 12:43 PM Response to Reply #141 |
193. I bet Cindy believes in black slacks for girls. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 01:22 PM Response to Reply #193 |
210. What does this have to do with Cindy? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 04:04 PM Response to Reply #210 |
278. I bet if you asked Cindy, she would think this girl should have been |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 05:27 PM Response to Reply #141 |
294. I never realized |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 12:22 PM Response to Reply #134 |
178. What about black slacks, exactly, is not in accord with decorum? |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 11:22 AM Response to Reply #104 |
147. I think Laura wears pants at more events than Hillary did. Even to church |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 12:27 PM Response to Reply #147 |
182. I wonder what the decorum arbiters have to say about that. |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 12:22 AM Response to Reply #90 |
99. extreme? |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 10:59 AM Response to Reply #99 |
136. She dressed like a boy! |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 11:12 AM Response to Reply #136 |
146. Kinda ironic, given your sig line. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 01:17 PM Response to Reply #146 |
208. This is about a dress code, not a war. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 11:26 AM Response to Reply #136 |
149. When does a 'shirt' become a 'blouse'? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 12:45 PM Response to Reply #149 |
194. Ooh! Ooh! (Raises hand) I know! I know! Ask ME! |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 01:18 PM Response to Reply #194 |
209. And the buttons are on a different side too |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 04:06 PM Response to Reply #209 |
279. That's true. I wonder who thought that one up. And why? |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 11:46 AM Response to Reply #136 |
158. Perhaps she wants to dress like a boy, no one is even mentioning that |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 12:02 PM Response to Reply #158 |
168. From her appearance, I would say that she presents boyish. |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 12:10 PM Response to Reply #168 |
172. It's the same with me |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 02:18 PM Response to Reply #172 |
237. oh please |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 02:41 PM Response to Reply #237 |
254. No, I don't. -- I'm a a lesbian |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 03:58 PM Response to Reply #254 |
275. same right back to ya', your post really pissed me off. |
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lukasahero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 11:51 AM Response to Reply #136 |
164. So did Annie Hall - 30 years ago |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 01:22 PM Response to Reply #164 |
211. For her high schol graduation? |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 11:55 AM Response to Reply #136 |
165. Other than the tie, we don't know if she wore men's clothes or not. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 12:38 PM Response to Reply #136 |
188. That's not true. The article specifically said she wore slacks, NOT pants. |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 02:37 PM Response to Reply #136 |
252. *sigh* it is ironic because of teh pink triangle n/t |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 10:59 PM Response to Reply #136 |
324. Oh no! Dressing like a boy! The horror! |
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lukasahero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 10:13 AM Response to Reply #90 |
130. "she chose to violate the dress code" Yup. Civil disobedience. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 11:00 AM Response to Reply #130 |
137. I can sure think of more important battles |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 11:28 AM Response to Reply #137 |
150. So many private schools in US/Canada require girls to wear ties.... |
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lukasahero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 11:48 AM Response to Reply #137 |
160. Last I checked |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 01:39 PM Response to Reply #160 |
224. And she hopefully knew the risk she was taking |
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lukasahero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 01:48 PM Response to Reply #224 |
227. "was barred from participating in her school’s graduation ceremony" |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 02:20 PM Response to Reply #227 |
239. You are right. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 12:40 PM Response to Reply #137 |
190. I think this is good practice for her. You have to start somewhere. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 02:22 AM Response to Reply #83 |
110. And the school is extremely fortunate if they have so little to worry |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 11:45 PM Response to Original message |
92. And why would it have been so awful if 1/3 of the class HAD shown up |
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Castilleja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 12:38 AM Response to Original message |
101. Students academics=School business, |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 02:17 AM Response to Original message |
107. We wore cut-offs under the gown |
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nolabels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 02:45 AM Response to Reply #107 |
113. I told the ole effing HS to stick it |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 03:27 AM Response to Reply #113 |
115. Actually, college professors tend to be much more civil. |
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nolabels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 11:10 AM Response to Reply #115 |
145. At 47 I have been to all the school I am ever going to volunteer for. |
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adwon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 02:41 AM Response to Original message |
112. My hometown |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 06:33 AM Response to Reply #112 |
123. Poor thing... |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 03:09 AM Response to Original message |
114. What year of which century? 1950? Was she supposed to wear white gloves? |
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monarch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 06:40 AM Response to Reply #114 |
124. Great smackdown! |
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foreverdem (759 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 07:01 AM Response to Reply #124 |
125. Absolutely correct, monarch |
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Ms. Toad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 07:41 AM Response to Reply #125 |
127. Yep |
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realisticphish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
131. at my HS graduation |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 11:49 AM Response to Reply #131 |
162. "Wear something nice" is perfect |
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realisticphish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 12:13 PM Response to Reply #162 |
175. yeah |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 12:15 PM Response to Reply #175 |
177. Or hose for females... ugh |
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realisticphish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 12:32 PM Response to Reply #177 |
186. yeah |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 12:39 PM Response to Reply #186 |
189. And, did you wear anything under it but your shoes? |
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realisticphish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 01:07 PM Response to Reply #189 |
201. nope |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 02:21 PM Response to Reply #201 |
240. Good man! A true Scot. |
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noonwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
138. It's a public school, so I think the school is wrong |
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dogday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
142. That is so stupid |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
148. What a crock. |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 11:50 AM Response to Reply #148 |
163. Not a Podunk town... but it is a major Freeper town |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
151. Sure, she was immature to make a 'statement' at graduation |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 11:32 AM Response to Reply #151 |
152. It's not like she wore a rainbow wig or clown/mime make up. |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 11:39 AM Response to Reply #152 |
155. True. Another sign the school admin handled it badly. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 11:37 AM Response to Reply #151 |
153. They should have just issued burkas. That way, there'd be |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 11:45 AM Response to Reply #153 |
157. Graduation robes are halfway there.. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 11:47 AM Response to Reply #157 |
159. If she could endure four years of what we call a high school education |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 12:54 PM Response to Reply #151 |
197. And heels! Don't forget the heels! |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 10:27 PM Response to Reply #197 |
321. I absolutely, positively can never forget |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
173. Well you're wrong, and she's right and the code itself is the problem |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 12:28 PM Response to Reply #173 |
183. It is a public school... my sister went there in the 80's. |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 12:29 PM Response to Reply #183 |
184. Then they are far, far out of line. nt |
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yasmina27 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
181. Why all the controversy? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 01:03 PM Response to Reply #181 |
199. Gauchos? Pray tell, where do you buy gauchos? And, I'm sorry to inform |
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yasmina27 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 03:26 PM Response to Reply #199 |
259. Gauchos are all the rage |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 01:13 PM Response to Reply #181 |
206. She was a "model student" & showed up well groomed.... |
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yasmina27 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 03:34 PM Response to Reply #206 |
260. I hope gauchos are over in 15 min. |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 03:59 PM Response to Reply #260 |
276. Female doctors can wear slacks & shirts. |
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yasmina27 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 05:45 PM Response to Reply #276 |
297. Of course |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 05:52 PM Response to Reply #297 |
298. This isn't about "wearing whatever you want" |
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yasmina27 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 06:03 PM Response to Reply #298 |
300. Oh give me a break, |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 06:07 PM Response to Reply #300 |
302. It's illegal |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 06:09 PM Response to Reply #300 |
304. "Sexist? Could be." How about sexist? Hell fucking yes. |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 07:13 PM Response to Reply #297 |
310. Great priorities for an educator. |
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conflictgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 02:02 PM Response to Reply #181 |
231. I don't object to dress codes |
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yasmina27 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 03:43 PM Original message |
Agreed |
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yasmina27 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 03:43 PM Response to Reply #231 |
264. Agreed |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 11:22 PM Response to Reply #264 |
326. they already had to wear a gown |
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One_Life_To_Give (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 06:18 PM Response to Reply #231 |
306. How about being required to wear pants |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 06:21 PM Response to Reply #306 |
307. If a guy truly didn't want to wear pants ever, he could find a way. |
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One_Life_To_Give (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 06:30 PM Response to Reply #307 |
308. Same is true of a woman who didn't want to wear a dress. |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 07:28 PM Response to Reply #181 |
311. If you can't see the discrimination in this *public* school dress code... |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 07:46 PM Response to Reply #181 |
312. Society expects you to succumb to illegal discrimination? (n/t) |
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557188 (494 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
185. Sexism |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
191. So, are you against butch lesbians or pre-op transgendered persons? |
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One_Life_To_Give (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
192. Drop the makeup and a close cropped haircut would work |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 01:12 PM Response to Reply #192 |
204. "Smartness in appearance"? Is this like "decorum"? We don't use |
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One_Life_To_Give (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 01:26 PM Response to Reply #204 |
214. "Smartness" From a court case |
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tbyg52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 01:51 PM Response to Reply #214 |
229. Somebody needs to tell this judge... |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 02:16 PM Response to Reply #214 |
236. And did this judge rule that smartness requires women but not |
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One_Life_To_Give (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 02:30 PM Response to Reply #236 |
247. Different Judge I think |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 08:34 AM Response to Reply #214 |
334. That argument had nothing to do with Title IX |
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lukasahero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 01:55 PM Response to Reply #192 |
230. Wow, gender stereotype much? |
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conflictgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 02:06 PM Response to Reply #230 |
232. Yeah, what's up with that? All women have to wear the entire uniform? |
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One_Life_To_Give (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 02:53 PM Response to Reply #232 |
257. We spend most of our lives in uniforms |
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conflictgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 04:22 PM Response to Reply #257 |
281. But wouldn't it be easier if the dress code was gender neutral? |
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One_Life_To_Give (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 04:51 PM Response to Reply #281 |
286. Not unreasonable to have 1 dress code |
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conflictgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 08:03 PM Response to Reply #286 |
313. What's next, including specific underwear as part of the dress code? |
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One_Life_To_Give (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-11-06 08:40 AM Response to Reply #313 |
361. In this case maybe |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 09:34 PM Response to Reply #281 |
315. My kids' jazz band had a dress code. Any plain white tops, any plain |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 03:39 PM Response to Reply #232 |
262. Do you think we've wandered onto a freeper board by accident? |
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conflictgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 04:27 PM Response to Reply #262 |
283. I don't know about freeper, but it definitely feels like a time warp |
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lukasahero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 07:06 PM Response to Reply #262 |
309. I'm beginning to wonder, |
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One_Life_To_Give (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 03:35 PM Response to Reply #230 |
261. For a boy in Drag at a formal? |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 05:28 PM Response to Reply #261 |
295. What if the person born male identified as female... |
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One_Life_To_Give (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 05:56 PM Response to Reply #295 |
299. Exactly, as was the case in a recent thread |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 05:37 PM Response to Reply #261 |
296. If Title IX and precedent were followed correctly |
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ElboRuum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
200. Actually, the three points you brought up... |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
233. I wore a tie to my h.s. graduation, and I'm female. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
241. Deleted message |
treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
284. The morans should have just let it go and not made a big deal |
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mnhtnbb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
287. Typical BS from control freak school administrators. |
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spooky3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
289. The main issue to me is not whether the dress codes should be the |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 08:36 AM Response to Reply #289 |
335. Good post n/t |
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kevinbgoode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
293. Graduation is a damned ceremony, not a professional event |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
318. Bobbie says: "I don't even know how to walk in heels" |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
320. Here's a closeup photo and an article addressing legal issues: |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
322. The school was contacted by the ACLU beforehand, but barred her anyway |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 11:05 PM Response to Original message |
325. This is idiotic... |
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2bfree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 11:38 PM Response to Original message |
327. Why would anyone care? |
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Rodger Dodger (87 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 11:53 PM Response to Original message |
328. Big deal |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 01:13 AM Response to Original message |
329. Requiring women to wear dresses and high heals is sexist. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 02:05 AM Response to Reply #329 |
330. Next thing we know, they'll be back to requiring girdles and stockings |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 02:20 AM Response to Original message |
331. Decorum? So Butch lesbians have no decorum. |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 08:41 AM Response to Reply #331 |
336. The point I've made in several posts |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
354. When I graduated in 99 |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 11:01 PM Response to Reply #354 |
359. In 89 |
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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
356. It's a violation of her rights for a public school to punish her for |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 10:55 PM Response to Reply #356 |
358. Oddly enough... |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 09:39 PM Response to Reply #358 |
365. Not true. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-13-06 03:49 AM Response to Reply #365 |
369. That case doesn't apply south of the Mason Dixon line |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-11-06 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
362. This reminds me of the High School graduation photograph debate |
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367. Couple of questions: |
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