Posted on 03/20/2014 11:52:18 AM PDT by MNDude
Let’s talk about leggings, shall we? They’re a controversial topic all across America.
Now the debate’s landed in Evanston, Illinois, at Haven Middle School.
I think I’ve heard most arguments about leggings: They’re too distracting to the boys. Inappropriate. Unbecoming. They create a lustful atmosphere infecting society and are, in some countries, considered illegal.
And while I particularly love this Utah mom’s approach to lighten the mood, I doubt this writer smiled as she wrote about the controversy.
Earlier this week, I learned that Haven Middle School students are planning a protest against a ban on leggings. A Haven parent forwarded this email, sent to Haven Middle School principal Kathy Roberson on Tuesday, March 11th:
Personally, I think this ban is ridiculous. It’s obnoxious. It’s insulting. It’s lazy and it’s offensive.
I have a middle school daughter. She and her friends wear leggings. And yoga pants. And clothes that don’t always please me. Am I a bad mother for letting my daughter out of the house wearing a shirt that doesn’t cover her bottom? Possibly. Does it confound me when young men walk around wearing pants around their knees or when a therapist wears a purple streak in her hair or when a teacher wears a diamond stud in her nose? It does, but only because those aren’t my styles and it’s my issue, not theirs.
What kind of confusing message are we sending to girls – especially young girls who see public figures (including the First Lady) wearing leggings and yoga pants and whose parents are usually the ones purchasing the clothes and whose male counterparts aren’t told how to dress their bodies but only what not to wear on them? Give me a break.
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It’s the 4XL women that wear tights and leggings, and equally tight tops that I don’t understand; I they think they look goooood.
I’m all for some modesty, but sometimes people take it way too far. As an example, did you see those two young women who had their poster stolen by the woman college professor? That is an instance where I think dressing so prudishly actually hinders the message they were trying to present.
Had they been dressed in a more feminine, stylish manner, I think they’d be more effective.
Went to an all boys Catholic high school where jacket and ties were required.
What most did was keep the jacket in their locker, along with their gym stuff and only took it home at the end of the school year.
“I don’t know how you expect male high school teachers to keep their hands off when they have to look at that every day. Sorry, but that’s just how it is. Too many girls dress like street corner whores”
You seriously don’t mean this....
You don’t expect male high school teachers to have self-restraint?
The problem is we tell the girls how to dress and the boys get to do whatever they want. Sounds like the Taliban is involved,,,
What did their clothes have to do with anything?
BTW, slutty is NOT feminine
We should expect adults to keep their hands off the kids, if they cannot they should have zero access to to them
“Leggings are not appropriate school attire for grades K-12. Probably not for college, either, but certainly not for younger girls. I wonder how the mothers would feel if ALL the kids, boys included, wore skin-tight stretch pants that show every bulge.”
Depends on what is worn with the leggings. Some males do wear skin tight jeans precisely to show every bulge. Some kids are able to deal with that ‘distraction’...some aren’t. Lessons in self control are just begging to be had here
She’s a bad mom because her daughter goes to school in a SHIRT that doesn’t cover her bottom? That’s ridiculous.
Sounds to me like a lot of people want to blame their inability to focus on the GIRLS and their clothing.
Disgusting.
I really don’t understand the need to have a SHIRT cover a girl’s bottom. I see the need for a SKIRT to cover the bottom. Do you require the males in your life to have shirts that cover their bottoms ?
If my daughter ever looks at me sideways for something I have on (because of my age) I just tell her......I look better than most of your friends in these clothes. lol
“We should expect adults to keep their hands off the kids, if they cannot they should have zero access to to them”
I agree. That’s my point. The other poster was saying they weren’t sure how anyone could expect the male teachers to show restraint after seeing how some of the high school girls were dressing.
It’s like many here just want to put the girls in a burqua and be done with it! Not a peep about how the boys should dress.
Best worn with sneakers.
Of course, you must see how your chosen sentence structure can be read in different ways. I know what you mean, but to be sure, I do not have an "inability to focus on girls".
But I do support school uniforms.
I’m trying to remember if I wore it in daily or not or stored it, but my CRS has gotten the better of me. The Marist brothers who tought in the RC HS I went to for the first 2 years would not put up with it being not on you in class.
I do remember taking a NYC bus to school and being able to tie a tie while either sitting or standing on a moving bus.
Sometimes I think having school uniforms isn’t such a bad idea.
Moved to the burbs grades 11 12 and a public HS. I wore what I pleased. But considering the current mess in schools today. Uniforms or business dress would be a good start.
And decaf.
Suits!!
I would say their clothing was just about the polar opposite of slutty. Not burkas, but not too far away from it without having the head and face coverings.
And, there is nothing I wrote that would lead a sensable person to claim I was equating slutty with feminine.
They are banned because you can read lips. Not a good look on young or old.
Can you imagine the reaction of boys to having to wear a suit to school?
“They are banned because you can read lips.”
Not unless you are looking at them.
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