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Dress Code


 

The dress code states:

Girls may not wear shirts without sleeves

Girls may not wear shorts that do not extend past the fingertip length

Girls may not have shirts that dip down the width of her hand from her neck.

That boys may wear whatever they want so long as it isn’t obscene

 

“Why all these restrictions on girls”, I ask?

“Because it distracts the boys”, they respond

For what are we but a society

Told that it is the woman’s responsibility to act and dress

So the boys don’t have to control their behavior

 

For everyone knows that if a man harasses a women

She must have done something wrong

She wore to much makeup - tramp

She wasn’t wearing enough clothing - tease

She isn’t as pure as fresh fallen snow - whore

She was drunk - irresponsible

 

But what about the boy’s?

For if he wrongs her and she fights back

The world cries out it is an outrage

That the boy did no wrong

 

We must teach our boys

To become men 

Men who realize

Their actions have consequences

 

Let’s start teaching these boys

In the most appropriate of places

School

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