Did This Girl Deserve Detention for Wearing a Maxi Dress to School?
There are plenty of clothes out there on the market that are too inappropriate for school (basically anything that adults such as Kim Kardashian and Nicki Minaj wear on a daily basis). But a maxi dress, like the one Lauren Wiggins wore, is not only pretty it’s proper.
After the 17-year-old wore the tribal print floor-length piece, she received detention for breaking the dress code at Harrison Trimble High School in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. "Today I received a detention because the outfit I am wearing is considered inappropriate and a sexual distraction to the young men in my school,“ the 17-year-old wrote on Facebook alongside a picture of her wearing the dress (above) and a letter she wrote to her vice principal (in full below). "I’m tired of the unjust standards that we as women are held up to.”
Her complaint, which she addressed to the vice principal of her school, then resulted in a one-day suspension. But, despite the respite and disappointment from her school’s administration, Wiggins has caught attention for her words. "A woman’s body is constantly discriminated against and hypersexualized to the point where we can no longer wear the clothing that we feel comfortable in without the accusation and/or assumption that we are being provocative,“ she said. "The fact that authority figures, especially males, can tell young women they must cover up their shoulders and their backs because it’s ‘inappropriate’ and 'a distraction’ is very uncomforting.”
While the school’s dress code does state that students must dress “with appropriate taste in order that the educational process is not disrupted” and “shirts exposing shoulders and/or backs and/or midriffs” as well as “clothing that is excessively revealing for a school environment” aren’t allowed.
Interestingly enough, while school officials might not have approved of the dress, her parents did. She wore it to a job interview and was hired, and told how nice she looked, so, I mean, what’s wrong with that?’ her mother, Carly Wiggins, question, according to CBC News. And her father, Paul Wiggings, posted on Facebook: “I saw your outfit this morning and there’s nothing “provocative” about it!!”
Agreed.
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