i can't imagine being forced to wear a dress

i DO wear dresses on occasion. i like the ones i have. 9 out of 10 times when i do wear a dress, i'll put pants on underneath. that's just how i roll. as a matter of fact, i just bought a dress for my niece's wedding (and i'm NOT going to wear pants under it) purple sunset from pyramid collection along with the poncho AND i just bought a dress from j jill. for the jjill dress, i DID buy the leggings as well and i'm going to wear them.

i don't ever want anyone to tell me I HAVE TO WEAR A DRESS. it's not right and i'm hoping it's illegal (at least in a public school)

Enforcing femininity: SC school will ban pants-wearing female students from graduation

A South Carolina school has put a star student on notice - unless she wears a dress, she won't be welcome at her graduation ceremony.

She's the image of a model graduate, this year's recipient of the Heart of Chapin Spirit Award, proud of her school from tassel to class ring, but Chelsea Sarvis' high school won't allow her to participate at graduation without the dress.

"I just don't see why girls have to wear dresses," said Sarvis.

Chapin High School's graduation dress code requires females to wear a dress or skirt. Males must wear dress pants. Chelsea says wearing a dress makes her feel very uncomfortable.

"If girls are uncomfortable with their bodies like I am, I just don't like wearing them," said Sarvis. "Why is it a stereotype that a girl has to wear a dress?"............

i wouldn't have lasted

ten seconds in the texas school system!

how CAN they win these cases? how can a public school dictate what the length of one's hair should be? really, i'm reasonable. i can see rules stating NO disruptive clothing can be worn (no belly shirts and the like. i have a personal aversion to belly shirts, hence their mention). i had all sorts of hair colors during high school. i did (hell, i still DO) wear unusual clothing (NOT disruptive howerver). how can they dictate that? what the hell is wrong with texas? when i visited, i fell in love. i thought the people were open and warm and polite. i guess i was hangin' with the exceptions not the rules

Texas students suspended for refusing haircut
Four Texas teens were suspended from school Tuesday for refusing to get their hair cut over the Christmas break, school officials said.
The students had been warned that the district was cracking down on dress code violators after they repeatedly let their locks loose on school grounds.
"Our policy states that the hair (on male students) cannot extend beyond the collar in the back," said Kevin Stanford, superintendent of the Kerens Independent School District.
"What we were doing is allowing the students to bind their hair, but there was very inconsistent compliance."
After several complaints from parents in the small rural town south of Dallas, school officials decided to eliminate the hair-binding loophole. Students were told to go to the barber over break or face the consequences.
"I don't know exactly what the students are going to - the ball's in their court," Stanford told AFP.
"Persistent insubordination could go as far as a disciplinary alternative school placement. That's the worst case."...........