Are Dress Codes Really A Good Thing For Students?

Are dress codes really a good thing for students? It is known by students, schools, and administrators that a dress code is a set of rules, often written, with regard to what clothing groups of people must wear. Dress codes are typically implemented by school districts to promote learning, safety, and image. But on the other hand, having dress codes doesn’t fix what they are supposed to, are unfair to girls, and can violate a students first amendment rights. To begin with, dress codes were initially made to stop problems such as bullying, but it didn’t really make a big impact. In connectusfund.org (2019) article “19 school dress code pros and cons” it claimed that dress codes only lessen the problems, not solve them. In detail, the article

In (Matt, Forster & Denise Geier) (2022) novel, Point: School uniforms are harmful to students it stated that having dress codes are a restriction to students. The novel stated “They contend that requiring students to wear uniforms is essentially a restriction of a student's right to free expression. Strict dress codes further prevent self-expression among students …” (Forster & Geier, 2022, para. 4). Having dress codes put restrictions on students' right to express themselves. Students typically like to show who they are through the way they dress. Also, in Angela Harmon (2022) novel Dress code, it stated that educational policymakers had to make decisions on what students were allowed to wear but were cautious. The novel stated “School leaders and educational policymakers then were faced with decisions regarding what students were allowed to school, but they risked violating students' expression rights, which were protected under the First Amendment of the Constitution '' (Harmon, 2022, para. 1). The school leaders and policymakers can try to implement the dress code but they can’t do a lot with the dress code since it could violate the students rights. In the Thalia Sabit (2021) article “Dress codes affect student learning” it claimed that dress codes can dull down students' personality and creativity. Alyse Madsen said “‘Strict dress codes infringe on a

Dress codes don’t stop the problems they are implemented for such as bullying and fighting, the violence actually raises after it’s enforced. Also, dress codes definitely target girls way more than boys. According to the research it stated that girls are more likely to get in trouble for violating dress code and will face such consequences as being pulled out of class, asked to change, sent home, or could possibly be suspended. In addition to that, having dress codes can promote conformity and infringe on students' rights to express themselves how they want to. But, the good thing about dress codes is that they promote safety and can help student’s focus. Dress codes promote safety for all students since it would be easy to identify someone who is not supposed to be on school grounds. Dress codes can also protect girls from sexual aggression from boys. Furthermore, dress codes can help with student’s focusing more on school work or goals rather than staring at someone’s outfit the whole class period. Not having dress codes would be a good thing so students can dress how they are comfortable without the fear of getting in trouble and give students the right to express themselves how they would like too. Also, girls wouldn’t be the target anymore or feel embarrassed when they had to get pulled out of class for violating the dress code. Lastly, there wouldn’t be any more problems between the parents,