Today I was trying to help my friend come up with a topic for her satire and we started talking about the dress code. The dress code in itself is a whole debate; for the students at Lane it’s usually something along the lines of “It’s 90 degrees outside, my classroom is 100 degrees and there is no air conditioner, I should be able to wear a tank top without worrying about the width of the straps!” However, a lot of people think those dress codes with strap width requirements and hemline lengths perpetuate a male-dominant culture and the rape culture ideology “Well did you see what she was wearing?” I whole-heartedly agree that that logic is no excuse for rape and that a girl’s clothing does not always exactly reflect her behavior, this got me thinking about the argument that dress codes are sexist. Now yes there are dress codes for boys, but they are not nearly as long or specific as they are for girls. Just receiving the dress code sheet after buying turnabout tickets I immediately noticed that there were only three rules for boys: one of them was that they were not allowed to wear jeans. And while I agree that there are certain outfits you wear to a music festival and certain outfits you wear to school, why is it okay for a boy to have his pants sagging with his boxers exposed ( I’ve seen it in the hallway) but not for me to wear a skirt that doesn’t go all the way down to my mid-thigh?