Speaker 1: Dress codes in American schools have been part of the
Speaker 1: culture wars for a long time. The latest battlefield Albert
Speaker 1: Einstein High sc rule in the liberal bastion of Montgomery County, Maryland.
Speaker 1: Last week, a new principle email the rules to students
Speaker 1: and parents. Skirts and dresses must not show private areas
Speaker 1: while the person wearing them is sitting, walking, going upstairs
Speaker 1: or whatever. Girls are boys or tranies in dresses and skirts?
Speaker 1: Do backless tops, exposed middrifts? Visible underwear no longer permitted
Speaker 1: now in real Ville. There's nothing controversial here, but this
Speaker 1: is liberal Ville, Maryland. Parents complained that the dress code
Speaker 1: was sexist. They argue that rules would be impossible to enforce.
Speaker 1: The students said the new rules would cause body image
Speaker 1: issues for girls. One female student complained that teachers would
Speaker 1: be using their judgment about what's appropriate and what's inappropriate,
Speaker 1: and that's kind of gross. We can't have adults judging kids.
Speaker 1: So the students deliberately wore outfits that violated the dress code,
Speaker 1: proving once again that no matter what the rules are,
Speaker 1: certain kids are gonna do it anyway, And the kids
Speaker 1: are in charge, not the educators, not the parents. Respect
Speaker 1: for authority, Nah. Folks forget that respect for the rules, Nah,
Speaker 1: forget that respect for themselves. Well, if they had any
Speaker 1: of that, we wouldn't even be talking about any of this,