vixyfox

I am seriously outraged right now. I went into school today and was sent to the principal’s office not even 5 minutes inside the building. I was asked if I had any other clothes with me to which I responded I did not and was told I would NOT be sent to my classes if I didn’t call someone to come bring me clothes. 

I refused.

I told her that my mother is the only one who lives with me and that she was at work and could not come bring me clothes.

To which she responded

“Well I’m not sending you to your classes like that, you can come into my office and do some work but unless we get a parental figure to come bring you clothes you will not be going to class, it’s too much of a distraction and offensive to your fellow students.”

excuse me but what is so offensive about my shorts. I have worn this outfit numerous times during the school year, and only now that it has started to get nice outside have they been stricter on what the girls in this high school wear.

DO YOU KNOW HOW HOW IT FUCKING IS OUTSIDE.

The office called my mom and told her that “my way of dressing could be offensive or distracting to the students and most importantly, the teachers.” 

I’m a junior in high school, but just because i’m a junior does NOT MEAN I WILL STAND FOR YOUR BULLSHIT SLUT-SHAMING AND SEXIST DRESS CODE.

Instead of telling the girls to feel victimized and shamed for what they wear, like tell your shitty staff to stop being such perverts and to look away and seriously, if they have such issues with my clothing that they can’t help themselves then why are you allowed to be a teacher in the first place.

My body is not something to be ashamed of, and I will not “change” to fit into your shit society of misogynistic ideals.

I will. wear. what. I choose.

here’s what I think about your shit dress code:

A few days later, maybe a week or two(it's been so long), the same woman came out and sent me to the office again and this time, the vice principal told me it wasn't okay, even with the bicycle shorts so she had me call my mom to bring me some jeans.

She came up to the office with my jeans but stayed because she wanted to talk with the vice principal. While we were waiting to be able to talk with her, four boys came in with pants down to their knees, and three girls(two of them cheerleaders) came in with shorts that were literally showing the bottom of their butt cheeks and no one said a single thing to them, including the woman who had sent me to the office in the first place. My mom was furious about it and ended up yelling at the principle for the discrimination against me because I dressed differently than most of the girls in our school.

The vice principal ended up allowing me to wear my skirt the rest of the day and apologizing for everything. Still, it bothered me that no one else was called out on it because they were either popular, dressed 'girly', or dressed what was 'normal' for everyone. And the woman who kept calling me out never apologized.

To me, I feel like she was calling me out because she didn't think I looked as pleasing to the eye as the skinnier girls did. So I think there are more factors to this issue. I think the girl pictured above is beautiful but most people in my old high school would see her as different and would call her out. Anything from their 'norm' is a no no to them no matter what other concerns there are.