Students at St. Joseph high school in Barrhaven have been told not to wear popular form-fitting yoga pants unless covered by a long shirt.
It sounds to me like they drew perfectly sensible lines. They've had issues with lycra shirts riding up higher than the lycra pants ride down, and kids are showing off parts of themselves. The solution, 'please wear a shirt that covers what your pants don't'. They didn't 'BAN' them as you imply. They merely pointed out the dress code. Mountain out of a mole hill.
Technically yes, you could wear them, so long as they're worn with something else that satisfies their moral standards.... I still think it's a bit silly.
If yoga pants and similar are somehow "Sexualizing" girls by somehow exposing parts of their body in detail, I would think that would fall under the parent's discretion, not the school's.
The whole concept of restricting or banning the typical wearing of this article of clothing seems to be based on what they see (or think they see due to being form fitting), and thus, could be applied to any other article of clothing, such as my previous example of the girls I went to school with who wore tight jeans with no underwear (or seemed like they weren't wearing any that is)
So the same reasoning and restrictions should apply to jeans, jogging pants and anything else that could possibly show off or form around a specific part of the body..... and when we delve into that, what crosses the line and what doesn't ends up being quite subjective, such as the teachers in my school telling students to hook up both straps to their overalls, claiming it'd be too easy for the overalls to fall off.
What's next? Some schools in the US have metal detectors as you come into the school to make sure you're not carrying weapons..... should Canadian schools start inspecting the asses and crotches of students as they walk into the school to make sure they don't see something they don't want to?
^ Obviously that's a bit of an exaggerated example, but as someone who's never really gave a damn about clothes except for survival from the elements, I just think this entire situation happening at this school is a tad silly and just as exaggerated.
I get not wanting people to be nude and walking around in public showing their bits, thus there are laws against nudity in public (though I don't agree), but nobody's genitals or other private parts are being exposed, they're covered up and I don't see what the big deal is.
Having students cover that area with a long shirt or something else to remove any sort of "Curve" to their bodies isn't any different & one step closer to personal censorship like Burqas and the full body swimsuits women had to wear at beaches back in the day.
If there were actual body parts being exposed, I could understand, but these pants are worn by women of all ages, inside and outside of yoga studios, & through every day life...... they seem quite popular around here in Melbourne. Then again, many women around here just walk around in leggings, which are even more revealing than yoga pants, lol.
It all just reminds me of the big stink mini skirts made in the 60's, yet they became common place today and nobody really cares anymore.
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