Editorial: Dress Code

What is dress code? Dress code is a set of rules, usually written and posted, specifying the required manner of dress at a school, office, club, restaurant, etc. Dress codes are mostly directed toward girls, but why? 

I've been "dress coded" one time in my life, so far. The first "reason" was because my shorts were "too short" and caused a "distraction." A distraction to whom? Boys? Boys should not have the power to affect how a girl can dress.

We are giving boys the wrong idea. Instead of asking girls to cover up, maybe we should be teaching boys to control themselves. Does this mean if a girl is raped or molested, we should blame it on the way she was dressed? No, no we should not. It's unfair, and wrong. It's also wrong and unfair for the boys to go through their lives thinking that they are entitled to something, and then get punished because no one taught them how to control themselves.

If you see a woman's bra strap that does not give you the right to make sexual comments, or attack her. We deserve respect just like a boy deserves respect.

-Cassie Crisp