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[–] agent_flounder 232 points 8 months ago (101 children)

We want teachers to be teaching and not having to waste time measuring a girl’s shirt or making a girl feel uncomfortable,” Shultz said.

Good because policing what girls wear stems from this fucked idea that boys have no sexual self control or responsibility for same and that women thus have to take responsibility for it via modesty.

So with those idiotic notions, rape victims get blamed for appearance, consent doesn't enter the conversation, rapey boys are "boys being boys", and similar awful shit.

[–] hansl 38 points 8 months ago (1 children)

For added context, Shultz is the school board president here. The stunt didn’t change the vote and the new policy that was being protested is the same as other schools in the area that didn’t have any problems regarding dressing.

[–] agent_flounder 15 points 8 months ago (1 children)

For added context, Shultz is the school board president here.

Holy shit 😳 how did I miss that??

I'm glad his ridiculous antics failed.

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[–] partial_accumen 201 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (7 children)

From the article:

As a dad, that’s very concerned about my children ....

I may disagree with it, but his kids aren't mine, so he, as the parent, he can prevent his daughters from owning that offending clothing.

...as well as everyone else’s kids in the district,

And here's where it goes off the rails. Why don't you keep your own parenting in your house instead of your neighbor's house, eh? Are you also going to decide what books other parent's kids read? How about what religious beliefs (if any) other parent's kids follow? None of that is your business. If other parents are okay with their kids dressing that way you shouldn't get a say on that.

[–] silentdon 75 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Sadly, there are plenty of people trying to dictate what other people's children read based on their own feelings

[–] [email protected] 30 points 8 months ago (5 children)

They'll indoctrinate other people's children into their religion too, if they get the chance.

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[–] [email protected] 53 points 8 months ago

Maybe focus on parenting your own child instead of everyone's.

Also does this guy have a humiliation fetish?

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[–] stephfinitely 123 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Shouldn't the parents be watching what their kids wear if they are worried about? A basic dress code is all that is needed. Just like the board said its a waste of time to measure girls skirts. Maybe if we didn't taboo the body so much people wouldn't care what someone else is wearing.

[–] [email protected] 44 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Hahahaha my parents “watched my clothing” so I either had extra clothes in my bag that I’d change into, or I’d wear them under a top layer of “approved” clothing and take it off later.

[–] kescusay 29 points 8 months ago

Parent, here. My kids wear whatever the hell they want, and because I'm not giving them any reason to rebel, they don't feel any urge to do that kind of thing.

And if they did for fun or something? I wouldn't give a shit.

[–] stephfinitely 19 points 8 months ago

I agree I changed my clothes too sometimes in high school. But still a basic dress code would cover the more extreme outfit. But when it comes to a skirt being a slightly short I don't think its worth the school time to check.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Agreed. We all have bodies. Underwear is appropriate for shared spaces (most people dont want to sit on anyone else's ass juice) but aside from that this prudishness of the human form that many people have is silly to me.

Even if the dad DID walk around like that, I think that's his business. We should all be allowed to wear what we want (undies for sanitary reasons) and if something is offensive then people could just, you know, not look!

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[–] [email protected] 111 points 8 months ago (5 children)

“As a board we voted to ultimately let parents and families decide what is appropriate for them. It is the parents and family’s choice and as long as it doesn’t disrupt the school day, it would be a non-issue.”

I was not expecting this level of common sense from an Arizona school board. Good on them.

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[–] Armok_the_bunny 93 points 8 months ago

I actually find myself siding with the board here, if only because I have heard all too often about dress codes being overly restrictive or overly enforced. Like the board said, they don't want teachers wasting time measuring a girl's shirt when they should be teaching.

[–] TheTimeKnife 50 points 8 months ago (1 children)

If only any of these parents cared about supporting teachers and their kids actually learning.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 8 months ago

also, none of the traumatic things that happened to me in my adolescence were based around the clothes any of us were wearing.

[–] FlyingSquid 46 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Sometimes my daughter wants to go to school in something too revealing.

We tell her to change because we're her parents and that's called parenting. We don't need the school to tell her what to wear.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 8 months ago

Nobody's concerned with what their own children are wearing. They're concerned that they might be exposed to abdomen skin (the horror!) because of what someone else's child is wearing.

[–] [email protected] 44 points 8 months ago (12 children)

His argument is that he looks like a fool dressed like that, so everyone who dresses like that looks like a fool? Weird thinking.

[–] McJonalds 42 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

his argument is the new dresscode would allow young girls to dress like that and he thinks the school should police it, instead of just raising his kids to be well adjusted and responsible. or it makes his pp hard and it makes it harder to hide that he's a pedo when he's in public

[–] olympicyes 23 points 8 months ago

The goal of people pushing agendas like this is the elimination of public education and state support for religious schools via “charter schools”. A lot of the people who run for school board who push parents rights are religious fundamentalists, real estate developers, or charter school consultants. This is at least true where I live.

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[–] Astroturfed 38 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Real big get back in the kitchen energy from this guy. He probably needs the kids more covered up because he can't control himself around too much exposed teenage girl skin.

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[–] Orbituary 37 points 8 months ago

Oh, he's a never-nude too! I didn't see him at the convention last year in Berlin. There were literally dozens of us there. Dozens!

[–] [email protected] 19 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I hope someone called the police. Someone stole that poor man's ass.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Can't parents just talk to their children about how to dress?

I feel like that's a simpler solution and this way the school can focus on teaching.

[–] Delphia 13 points 8 months ago (1 children)

My wifes a teacher, they do have to spend an absolutely mind boggling amount of time covering shit that really should be handled at home. Literally calling parents about their kids refusing to do any work and the parent saying "I dont know what you want me to do"

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 8 months ago

it's crazy that they're making a crop top and short shorts mandatory dress code for all students

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