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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 200486" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>That's a good point about giving the shirt away. If the shirt comes off the shoulder so easily, then clearly the shirt doesn't fit properly, does it? She shouldn't wear shirts that are so loose they can come off the shoulder so easily. She will have to wear a shirt that is tailored so this can't happen.</p><p></p><p>I have trouble wearing certain kinds of shoes - I need ones with a strap across the instep. So I have to accept I just can't wear shoes with low cutaways down to the toes and no strap. In the same way, she will have to accept that if she has very sloping shoulders that allow her shirt to slide off so easily (do not openly acknowledge that you know the shirt had help) then - no more shirts like that.</p><p></p><p>We tend to have compulsory school uniforms in Australian schools. However, I didn't wear school uniform when I was in primary school (elementary). But I also didn't have free choice, either - my mother made me a number of dresses to a similar pattern, all conservative but practical (which I could wear at other times too). And in high school, on those rare occasions when we were permitted to wear plain clothes and not school uniform, we still had a fairly strict moral dress code and would be sent home if clothing was unsuitable. "Unsuitable" was subject to interpretation by the school but generally included students choosing to wear clothing inappropriately (such as girls belting their school uniforms so high you could see their knickers or undoing their shirt buttons past a certain point). I was in high school during the anti-Vietnam years in the early 70s; anti-war badges were banned from being publicly worn at school. I remember one boy who was sent home to change because he had worn a shirt with such thin fabric that the anti-war badge could still be seen from inside the pocket of his shirt.</p><p></p><p>School is a place of learning. You can still look good if you want, but it shouldn't be the primary aim. A girl who wants to look sexy should save that kind of wear for occasions (and times) when it is appropriate. In the same manner, it is also inappropriate to wear your sexiest outfits to the office. What is acceptable for the office may be conservative for the pub after work, but you don't dress purely for the after-work pub visit. If you don't have suitable clothing for school, people can only assume you are too poor to have a decent wardrobe for all occasions. Surely that means that if you wear your sexy clothing to school (or the workplace) then it's because you own nothing suitable?</p><p></p><p>Sad.</p><p></p><p>I really wish they'd get it - but it's the beginning of the battles we fight, due to peer pressure.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 200486, member: 1991"] That's a good point about giving the shirt away. If the shirt comes off the shoulder so easily, then clearly the shirt doesn't fit properly, does it? She shouldn't wear shirts that are so loose they can come off the shoulder so easily. She will have to wear a shirt that is tailored so this can't happen. I have trouble wearing certain kinds of shoes - I need ones with a strap across the instep. So I have to accept I just can't wear shoes with low cutaways down to the toes and no strap. In the same way, she will have to accept that if she has very sloping shoulders that allow her shirt to slide off so easily (do not openly acknowledge that you know the shirt had help) then - no more shirts like that. We tend to have compulsory school uniforms in Australian schools. However, I didn't wear school uniform when I was in primary school (elementary). But I also didn't have free choice, either - my mother made me a number of dresses to a similar pattern, all conservative but practical (which I could wear at other times too). And in high school, on those rare occasions when we were permitted to wear plain clothes and not school uniform, we still had a fairly strict moral dress code and would be sent home if clothing was unsuitable. "Unsuitable" was subject to interpretation by the school but generally included students choosing to wear clothing inappropriately (such as girls belting their school uniforms so high you could see their knickers or undoing their shirt buttons past a certain point). I was in high school during the anti-Vietnam years in the early 70s; anti-war badges were banned from being publicly worn at school. I remember one boy who was sent home to change because he had worn a shirt with such thin fabric that the anti-war badge could still be seen from inside the pocket of his shirt. School is a place of learning. You can still look good if you want, but it shouldn't be the primary aim. A girl who wants to look sexy should save that kind of wear for occasions (and times) when it is appropriate. In the same manner, it is also inappropriate to wear your sexiest outfits to the office. What is acceptable for the office may be conservative for the pub after work, but you don't dress purely for the after-work pub visit. If you don't have suitable clothing for school, people can only assume you are too poor to have a decent wardrobe for all occasions. Surely that means that if you wear your sexy clothing to school (or the workplace) then it's because you own nothing suitable? Sad. I really wish they'd get it - but it's the beginning of the battles we fight, due to peer pressure. Marg [/QUOTE]
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