This is a controversial topic that has raised lot of discussion in the news thread. Thought one particular comment on the thread was interesting.
"When I entered high school, it was the first year when girls were allowed to wear pants. Since then of course, clothing standards have dropped to the point where girls are wearing next to nothing on top of low cut, tight jeans or short-shorts. I would have screamed my head off in high school that it was unfair to tell us what to wear. Now that we've had 30 years of 1/2 dressed high fashion and I've become older and wiser, I understand why modesty makes sense. Our schools, especially here in CA area a complete disaster. There are many reasons for it but requiring that the girsl dress modestly and that boys dress respectfully is a good start. considering that harmones are bubbling like volcanoes, particularly in teenage boys, simple steps like this would make a difference. I remember the days when people dressed up nice just to go to the movies! I'm not advocating this but I would even be for school kids wearing uniforms. It puts them in a different frame of mind. Trying to get kids to sit still, pay attention and get an education is not only difficult but as we see from our dismal failure in the last 20 to 30 years, imperative for the future of this country. Looking back, it does amaze me how much my opinion has changed. It is said that the devil is in the details and I must concur. The small things that I thought didn't matter at all turn out to be very important not only in themselves, but are the blocks on which other decisions / behavior are built. It's really hard to see this when your're 15 or even 25 but as I have accumulated experience in life, it has become very clear."
Of course, ton of other views are expressed in the thread. Worth checking it out.
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If a state or an institution imposes restrictions on the type of dresses one can wear, then it will be a blatant encroachment of one's personal freedom. Universities and colleges are established to impart scientific education, not moral values. That part of one's education should be left to one's parents. Nevertheless if some think they can prevent sexual feelings from flowing freely among college going boys and girls by introducing a dress code, it wont work. For the simple reason that sexual feelings are primeval - it existed even when we were animals. And that is what forms the basis of all life forms - trying to control it is like trying to control nature!! Good luck with it.
There are countries like China which have gone to such extents as filtering internet contents of pornography - but if you think chinese boys and girls do not watch pornography.....well ask your chinese friend.
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