There’s a reason why so many schools are opting to ban yoga pants, jeggings and, in some cases, skinny jeans from the classroom – they’re drawing all the wrong attention to girls!
LifeZette is reporting on the new trend among school administrators in an ever increasing number of states that are laying down the law about tight fitting yoga pants and jeggings that leave little to the imagination.
“At the start of the 2015-16 school year, many schools across the nation banned the workout wear from their school day,” LifeZette reports. “Montana state lawmaker David Moore, a Republican, even called yoga pants ‘provocative’ and pushed a bill to make the pants illegal in his state. (The bill was tossed out by a legislative panel.) In Massachusetts, North Dakota, and Illinois, yoga pants and jeggings have been deemed inappropriate school dress in many school districts.”
Some students, such as those at Cape Cod Regional Tech in Harwich, Massachusetts, tried to protest the restriction by accusing their school of participating in “body shaming” – but it didn’t fly.
Most parents agree the pants should be off-limits at school.
“I only allow my daughter to wear tight yoga pants if she has on a long sweater or T-shirt that completely covers her behind,” one mom of a 15-year-old girl told LifeZette. “I think it’s ridiculous to say, ‘I hope she meets a boy that really appreciates her mind and her personality,’ yet essentially let her put her body on display. That makes no sense.”
Other mothers said they allow their daughter to wear the pants only if they are wearing them with a shirt that covers their behind.
And absolutely no writing on the butt!
“What dad wants his daughter parading around with the word ‘Juicy’ on her behind?” asked one father of four from Boston.
Not all moms think the pants are the problem.
Gina Moran of the Boston area told LifeZette she thinks the issue is more about self-control by the boys. “It’s unacceptable to think so little of boys as to assume they are all distractible or perverted,” she said. “All girls aren’t one way, and all boys aren’t one way. When we tell girls to cover up or change when they’re dressed appropriately for the age and place, we are also putting down the intelligence and choice-making power of our boys.”
But that’s not how the boys see it.
“If we’re getting really real, they are totally distracting,” said one 16-year-old Boston-area sophomore. “They are so tight, and, well — we’re guys. I don’t think parents who are saying boys can and should have control of their thoughts understand boys. Me and my friends would never disrespect a girl or be ‘perverted,’ but to think we’re not noticing their daughters’ tight pants — that’s insane.”
An 18-year-old graduating senior agreed. “Girls who wear tight pants know they’re tight, so let’s maybe focus on that — issues of perhaps needing attention — instead of boys being unable to control themselves. On some level, girls are saying, ‘Look at me.’ Which is normal, in a way, but so is [the fact of] boys looking [at them]. Moms wearing tight yoga pants isn’t right, either — I’m just going to put it right out there. If you don’t want to be on display, wear looser clothes.”
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