This right here? This is pure an unadulterated sexist bullshit:
1. Being wired more visual, males are attracted to shape and skin. Yes, a lot of bare skin or tightly covered (Spandex!) skin is a sexual distraction to a male. He will say, the more skin the better…but this leads him to treat women as ‘sex objects’ rather than respect her for who she is. So, it would seem to me, that if you do not want women treated as ‘sex objects,’ you should tell them to cover more skin.2. A dress-code policy stating “Women, dress how you wish” and at the same time expecting the guys to keep their eyes off young ladies with shirts revealing their cleavage, short skirt, tight pants/leggings, shorty shorts, or tight shirt, is like walking out into the rain and expecting not to get wet.
3. The only way you can help young men not treat young ladies as sex objects is by telling the young ladies to cover up! A young man will not think of a respectfully dressed young woman as a ‘sex object’ but is more likely to see her for who she is. A young man may have no intention to lust, yet when an immodestly dressed girl passes him in the hall, he will think sexual thoughts.
That 19th Century pile of steaming fecal matter was penned by Jim Bazen, the principal of Plymouth Christian High School in Grand Rapids, defending sexist dress codes that are basically aimed only at women. It’s slut shaming. It’s victim blaming. It’s misogynistic. It lets men off the hook for anything that they do related to treating women poorly. This is the kind of thinking that leads people to ask rape victims, “What did you do to provoke him? Were you wearing a short skirt? Were you flirty? Were you drinking?”
This man has no business being in charge of a school and should be removed from his position.
Disgusting.
