Cardozo Journal of Equal Rights & Social Justice
Abstract
The note argues that public school dress codes perpetuate rape culture by disproportionately targeting female students, reinforcing patriarchal norms, and contributing to gender-based discrimination. These dress codes, often justified as preventing distractions, instead shame girls and place the responsibility of boys' behavior on them, thereby normalizing the objectification of women and supporting systemic sexism.
Disciplines
Civil Rights and Discrimination | Education Law | Law | Law and Gender
Recommended Citation
Stephan Wah,
"Boys Will Be Boys, and Girls Will Get Raped": How Public School Dress Codes Foster Modern Day Rape Culture,
23
Cardozo J. Equal Rts. & Soc. Just.
245
(2016).
Available at:
https://larc.cardozo.yu.edu/cardozoersj/vol23/iss1/9