5 Ways School Dress Codes Reinforce Rape Culture

A haunting reality is that women are considered lesser than men on a daily basis. Rape culture is a serious issue that is hindering women and girls at school or in the workplace. Dress-codes are creating a halt in girls’ education and women are not being paid the same amount for the same work. Although women may get hired more often in the case of wearing more revealing clothes to a job-interview, it is truly disturbing that women only have the same opportunity when they are seen as sexual objects. Rape culture in the education environment and the workplace needs to stop. To start with, it is important to mention that every day, girls are being sent home by schools due to what they are wearing, therefore hindering their education. Schools are sexualizing female students’ bodies as if they are there to distract male students while in fact, “the standards that high schools, middle schools, and even elementary schools impose on girls— and rarely on boys — have gotten pretty out of hand.” Says Suzannah Weis, in the article: 5 Ways School Dress Codes Reinforce Rape Culture, Because Women Aren 't A "Distraction". These rules are teaching kids that if a woman doesn’t dress a certain way, they are asking for attention. According to them, it’s not the boys’ fault if they give unwanted attention. Dress codes are perpetuating rape culture which carries

Actually the reason that women may be favored in some jobs is because a factor in rape culture: how women dress. Sarah Knapton, a science editor, confirms, “A French study showed female applicants were five times more successful in securing job interviews when pictured in revealing clothing rather than more conservative attire.” This study found that women who wore lower cut shirts had 68 more interview offers. The fact that women get more job offers actually proves that rape culture happens in the