Demanding appropriate dress at the high school prom is now “slut shaming”

Hotair ^ | 05/15/2015 | Jazz Shaw

[left that other site]

I wouldn’t know, LOL!

But knowing what happens after proms, it probably was.

[mountainfolk]

My freedom of expression was intercepted by a nun with a needle and thread who took two stitches in my prom dress neckline. Did not bother me because we all expected the inspection pre prom banquet and dance. That gown would still be stylish today and I would probably take the stitches myself. My girls pushed the expected boundaries for apparel every chance they got but I had the final word, at least until they were out of sight.

[Conscience of a Conservative]

“Some of these outfits are far too adult for kids that age… particularly the last one.”

I disagree. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with any of those dresses. Obviously, there must be standards, but those standards should be reasonable. They should also be communicated with some clarity - which apparently did not happen here until a week before prom (at which point pretty much everyone had already purchased a dress).

[driftless2]

My wife grew up in England, and all the students wore uniforms. The girls wore skirts with strict rules on the length. A school authority actually went around measuring the length of the skirts to make sure they conformed to school regs.

As soon as the authorities were out of sight, my wife and many of the girls would roll the hemlines up. And of course roll them down when the authorities were around.

[OttawaFreeper]

The problem with all of this seems to be the silly yuppie parents who treat their kids more like prized livestock more than human beings. I can remember back in the early 1990s even somebody at work telling me that at his son’s junior high school graduation, there friends of this son that apparently were wanting to rent a limo to go to the event. I also remember a few years later when my younger sister finished junior high, the school printed out a notice politely telling parents to refrain from having things like limos or expensive outfits or pre or post event parties, etc.

[JimRed]

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