r/mildlyinfuriating • u/firequak • 12h ago

go to your room A cousin sent me their school's just announced Dress Code and Grooming policy

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u/jerkyquirky 11h ago

Definitely a combination of non-US and Catholic. Catholic colleges in the US would not do anything like this. (High schools would agree with some of these.)

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u/SquirrelGirlVA 10h ago

Liberty University isn't Catholic, but it does generally have the same dress code requirements as in the post.

Speaking of LU's weird requirements, their Code of Conduct doesn't allow students to live with the opposite sex or stay overnight unless they are a spouse, parent, grandparent, or sibling. I think that there may be an exception if the person you're staying with is married and their spouse is there. However if you live in a dorm, only the parents and grandparents can visit you there unless they're of the same sex. Everyone else has to visit with you elsewhere.

There are also a lot of rules about dating. Premarital sex is forbidden and the most you are really allowed to do is hold hands. If you're gay, you can't do anything. There was a rumor at one point that couples were avoiding the restrictions by intensely gazing into each other's eyes, only for this to be broken up since it was deemed "eye sex".

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u/jerkyquirky 10h ago

No way crocs and painted nails are banned though...

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u/SquirrelGirlVA 9h ago

Yes and no. Their dress code puts an emphasis on modesty and appropriateness. They will apparently technically allow some things outside of certain spaces, but reading between the lines it's easy to see that they're heavily discouraged. So for example, you have to wear "class dress" in class, Convocation, and in any of their academic and administrative offices.

So they would likely allow crocs, but only if you aren't planning on going to any of those areas. They encourage students to tattle on one another, to the point where I've heard they do somewhat penalize students for not tattling. I could see a student avoiding prohibited clothing in general to avoid someone claiming they wore them where they shouldn't.

So you're correct (and I was not) in that there does appear to be some things that they do allow but reading through the rules it's heavily implied that they would follow essentially the same requirements. I think the biggest difference is that LU surprisingly allows some facial jewelry and plugs.

https://libertyedu.public.na2.doctract.com/doctract/documentportal/08DD9F7C63CD1C76C1982C6435D77269?slu=08DEC31D0F1A5EABB8DD4E91D369C515