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What 1 Student Did to Fight Her School's Dress Code

Dec 30 2015 - 9:25am

This year was full of "dress code violations" that made our blood boil [1], and even though the kids are off from school until the New Year, there's one last instance of a teen getting shamed for what she wore to school that is driving the Internet crazy.

Rose Lynn, a 17-year-old student from Oklahoma, went to school wearing a pair of black leggings with a tank top and a long sweater and was sent home and asked to change because her outfit was deemed inappropriate. She did as she was told [2] but returned to school wearing the leggings with an oversize white t-shirt, which read, "It doesn't cover your crotch. You'll distract the boys."

Like other teens who faced similar issues this past year, Lynn took to Facebook [3] with photos of her outfit and to air out her frustrations.

So today I was sent home from class, after being in school for two hours, for my outfit. Because I'm developed farther than the average girl my age, I am required to go home and change. . . . because I look like a CURVY woman and may distract young boys, I have to miss class and change my outfit. So once again, Society has failed to advocate young ladies, by confining them in a box, where they are stripped from their sense of self respect and self expression, rather than teaching young men to respect the boundaries of young ladies.

Read Lynn's full post — calling out her school's policy — below.

So today I was sent home from class, after being in school for two hours, for my outfit. Because I'm developed farther...
Posted by Rose Lynn [4] on Friday, December 11, 2015 [5]


Source URL
https://www.popsugar.com/family/Oklahoma-Teen-Fights-Back-Against-Dress-Code-Violation-39594585