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<p>A Texas high school has been forced to apologize for an eye-rollingly sexist video about their <a href="https://www.someecards.com/life/school/teen-blasts-schools-hypocritical-dress-code-senior-quote/" target="_blank">dress code.</a></p><p>Students at Marcus High School in Flower Mound, Texas, were made to watch the video as a lesson on what not to wear.</p><p>The video starts with MIA&#39;s song &quot;Bad Girls&quot; playing while female students walk the halls and happily chat with their friends, all while wearing oversize T-shirts and &mdash; gasp! &mdash; shorts.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Today my school was shown this video. So sad how ONLY girls are shown as the violators. I understand why my school has a dresscode, but what about the boys who wear shorts, or show their shoulders? It’s 2018...Why are we still over-sexualizing teen girls? <a href="https://t.co/fCXymYAIEG">pic.twitter.com/fCXymYAIEG</a></p>&mdash; cat (@catmoring) <a href="https://twitter.com/catmoring/status/1030188393588813825?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 16, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><p>A student named Cat Moring tweeted the video and voiced her disapproval. Support poured in.</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">As a mom, I&#39;m outraged by this video, not by the girls in it, but that a school district would air this, AND how it only shows girls!! Once again, singling out and demaning girls instead of focusing on the real issues of mutual respect for both sexes. Smh...</p>&mdash; Christi Geraci-Beca (@christibeca) <a href="https://twitter.com/christibeca/status/1030509575588511745?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 17, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><p>Some raised the point that it would be more useful to teach boys and men to stop objectifying women, instead of teaching girls to cover up for the sake of male comfort.</p><oembed>https://twitter.com/LindaAHR1/status/1031145713214734336</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><oembed>https://twitter.com/DaCuban_/status/1030803139736293377</oembed><p>One troll tried to blame the girls in the video (because of course they did) but Cat set him straight:</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">they had to be in the video as part of their student council duties! they’re all smart, educated girls who don’t agree with the opinions shown in the video💓</p>&mdash; cat (@catmoring) <a href="https://twitter.com/catmoring/status/1030672314797621248?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 18, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>After the clip got some attention online, the school&#39;s principal released a statement <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/2018/08/18/texas-high-school-principal-apologizes-after-sexist-dress-code-video-goes-viral.html" target="_blank">apologizing for it</a>:</p><blockquote> <p>I apologized to our students regarding this issue today, but wanted to reach out and apologize to parents as well. I&#39;m a firm believer that when you make a mistake, you own it, you apologize, and you make it right.</p> <p>Yesterday we showed a dress code video that featured only female dress code violations, and was accompanied by a poor song choice. Construction in and around the campus prevented us from holding student orientation, which is typically accompanied by a fashion show that demonstrates what to wear, and what not to wear. We believed a video would be a good way to replace the fashion show, but this video absolutely missed the mark.</p> <p>Please accept my sincere apology for not ensuring our video achieved its intended purpose - to remind ALL students of our dress code expectations.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Still, it doesn&#39;t appear the school has done much soul-searching over its dress code. One Twitter user pointed out the hypocrisy in not letting girls wear shorts to school when athletic uniforms often include short hemlines.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">So the school approved cheer uniform can be short but you can’t wear athletic shorts in Texas in august? <a href="https://t.co/gfKiYZxQov">pic.twitter.com/gfKiYZxQov</a></p>&mdash; jess (@adpi1851) <a href="https://twitter.com/adpi1851/status/1031192409198219265?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 19, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><p>Clearly, the fight to rid schools of sexist dress codes isn&#39;t over.</p><oembed>https://twitter.com/vkmack/status/1031049178049335298</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

High school apologizes for ‘sexist’ dress code video about ‘bad girls’ who wear shorts.

A Texas high school has been forced to apologize for an eye-rollingly sexist video about their dress code.Students at Marcus High School in Flower Mound, Texas, were made to watch the video as a lesson on what not to wear.The video starts with MIA&#39;s song &quot;Bad Girls&quot; playing while female students walk the halls and happily chat with their friends, all while wearing oversize T-shirts and &mdash; gasp! &mdash; shorts.Today my school was shown this video. So sad how ONLY girls are shown as the violators. I understand why my school has a dresscode, but what about the boys who wear shorts, or show their shoulders? It’s 2018...Why are we still over-sexualizing teen girls? pic.twitter.com/fCXymYAIEG&mdash; cat (@catmoring) August 16, 2018 A student named Cat Moring tweeted the video and voiced her disapproval. Support poured in.As a mom, I&#39;m outraged by this video, not by the girls in it, but that a school district would air this, AND how it only shows girls!! Once again, singling out and demaning girls instead of focusing on the real issues of mutual respect for both sexes. Smh...&mdash; Christi Geraci-Beca (@christibeca) August 17, 2018 Some raised the point that it would be more useful to teach boys and men to stop objectifying women, instead of teaching girls to cover up for the sake of male comfort.https://twitter.com/LindaAHR1/status/1031145713214734336https://twitter.com/DaCuban_/status/1030803139736293377One troll tried to blame the girls in the video (because of course they did) but Cat set him straight:they had to be in the video as part of their student council duties! they’re all smart, educated girls who don’t agree with the opinions shown in the video💓&mdash; cat (@catmoring) August 18, 2018 After the clip got some attention online, the school&#39;s principal released a statement apologizing for it: I apologized to our students regarding this issue today, but wanted to reach out and apologize to parents as well. I&#39;m a firm believer that when you make a mistake, you own it, you apologize, and you make it right. Yesterday we showed a dress code video that featured only female dress code violations, and was accompanied by a poor song choice. Construction in and around the campus prevented us from holding student orientation, which is typically accompanied by a fashion show that demonstrates what to wear, and what not to wear. We believed a video would be a good way to replace the fashion show, but this video absolutely missed the mark. Please accept my sincere apology for not ensuring our video achieved its intended purpose - to remind ALL students of our dress code expectations. Still, it doesn&#39;t appear the school has done much soul-searching over its dress code. One Twitter user pointed out the hypocrisy in not letting girls wear shorts to school when athletic uniforms often include short hemlines.So the school approved cheer uniform can be short but you can’t wear athletic shorts in Texas in august? pic.twitter.com/gfKiYZxQov&mdash; jess (@adpi1851) August 19, 2018 Clearly, the fight to rid schools of sexist dress codes isn&#39;t over.https://twitter.com/vkmack/status/1031049178049335298

A Texas high school has been forced to apologize for an eye-rollingly sexist video about their dress code.  Students at Marcus High School in Flower Mound, Texas, were made to watch the video as a lesson on what not to wear.  The video...