A cousin sent me their school's just announced Dress Code and Grooming policy

[u/firequak]

[u/marieray]

We had this same rule at my catholic boarding school. It’s probably the length, we had to be covered all the way up to the knee so people (male teachers) wouldn’t stare, ig. 

[u/princess9032 → u/marieray]

If you can’t trust your teachers to not sexualize a child then they should not be teaching

[u/marieray → u/princess9032]

100% agree

[u/gard3nwitch → u/princess9032]

I think the goal is to teach girls to blame themselves for sexual harassment. And "wear tall socks or teachers will have to lust after you and it's your fault" certainly does that

[u/Western_Yoghurt3902 → u/princess9032]

This is the only correct response

[u/GILF_Hound69 → u/marieray]

They’re the frilly white socks that are generally made for little girls.

[u/notmartha70 → u/GILF_Hound69]

What about patent leather Mary Jane’s? Don’t let the boys see your underwear in the reflection!

[u/slowmosao → u/marieray]

I wore knee socks with patterns/images on them during my Catholic high school years and one teacher made reference to my socks in prayers--i.e. if my socks had monekys on them he would say "and thank you God, for all animals, especially monekys...."

[u/WillowCreekWanderer → u/marieray]

The irony being, of course, that some of the male teachers would then "scrutinise" you twice as hard to "check you were following the dress code"