<p>I am trying to figure out what the writing is on her dress and whether her date is wearing the same thing or if her skirt is in the air. I see a hand on her hip.</p>
<p>College decision just made easier. University of Alabama: OUT.</p>
<p>I’m sending my son to Mississippi, where they would have just canceled the prom as soon as they heard that someone was planning to wear a short dress.</p>
<p>What kind of sicko adults paddle teen girls?</p>
<p>I didn’t think the dress was that bad either.
I agree that it doesn’t look anything different than what you find on the rack at Macy or Nordstroms.
Part of the problem when you are curvy, is that what your friends are wearing who are an A cup, looks a lot different when you put it on.
But a dress code that requires their entire clavicle to be covered?
Why don’t they just issue everyone a shroud and be done with it?
:rolleyes:
I think they should maybe pay a little attention to how they dance- that is where I see them pushing boundaries, not so much with the clothes.</p>
<p>Shyanne…post #21…the photo you are referring to is not the girl at the prom! That is a photo of Paris Hilton (and that dress truly would not be appropriate). The girl at the prom is in a photo further down the page.</p>
<p>The story is bizzare and the “punishment” is wrong on so many levels, but… that is too much cleavage for a high school girl. I’m sorry, I’m a mom of all boys so never had to do the “dress battle” with a daughter and I’m not a prude, but totally not a fan of how some young girls these days put it all “out there.” What a shame that schools have to police this and the parents don’t. I get that the girls expose more flesh at the beach, but it’s also an important lesson to learn what is and isn’t appropriate for a particular circumstance. This dress is borderline…but still too much of the “girls”.</p>
<p>Oy vey…</p>
<p>Ok, I don’t think that dress is particularly flattering on a short, busty teen, but I’ve seen more “sexy” and revealing dresses elsewhere.</p>
<p>And paddling??? I’m speechless now.</p>
<p>Oh my goodness, I didn’t realize that was Paris! I thought it was another girl at a prom. I think the girl’s dress is fine. I know that some schools still paddle. There was a show on TV and I think it was called Principal’s Office. It was a reality TV show and the principal’s would paddle kids that misbehaved. It was on last year.</p>
<p>Where’s the ACLU when you need them?! :)</p>
<p>I don’t think Stacy and Clinton (from the TV show “What Not To Wear”) would have selected that prom dress for this young lady, but it was her choice, and I’m sure the dress made her feel special and all grown up. Then to face paddling or suspension over wearing the dress is insane. I hope she is able to get out of that town for college and gets a chance to see that the real world isn’t like her little (repressive) town.</p>
<p>Do you think they paddle any football players who are caught drinking?</p>
<p>I tend to agree with momof3boys. I think the dress–although pretty–isn’t terribly flattering and shows too much for a well-endowed girl because it doesn’t fit terribly well. BUT…paddling? Are they serious? They were planning to BEAT her because the neckline of her dress was too revealing? What a bunch of perverts.</p>
<p>I was impressed with the girl in the video interview. She was well-spoken and displayed an intelligent and calm demeanor. I hope she goes far.</p>
<p>momofthreeboys, I didn’t go to prom- but when I was in high school I was 5’2" and 35-22-32.
I couldn’t find * jeans* to fit me without cinching them at the waist, and petite clothes, if you could even find them- * weren’t made for teens* and they certainly weren’t made for teens who were petite and busty. They usually told me to go to the kids dept.
Ya that works :rolleyes:</p>
<p>Corporal punishment in schools, is banned in most areas I thought.
It should be anyway. That is a sign that you have no other ideas.
Certainly hitting young women/men, under the guise of " punishment" sounds obscene</p>
<p>I am would hope that the people of this community knew that their school district paddled. Why haven’t they taken it up with their school board before this? Maybe the people of this district feel it is an appropriate punishment (I do not). Schools tend to reflect their communities.</p>
<p>Im having trouble getting my head around the whole school-mandated “dress code” for the prom. Maybe it’s a regional thing?</p>
<p>I don’t know about public schools, but the Catholic schools in southern California have STRICT dress codes for prom and ALL school dances. </p>
<p>At my kids’ Catholic high school, showing cleavage was not allowed at prom or any other school events.</p>
<p>LOL, I did feel sorry for my sister that went to high school during the Jessica McClintock frou frou neckline to the chin days…that said…there are beautiful sophisticated dresses that show skin and that don’t leave the wearer with everything hanging out. Emerald, I’m almost 6 ft. tall, but my best buddy in HS was just over 5 ft. tall. I’m sure we looked hilarious walking around together…she had a horrible time finding clothing. Thanks goodness the options are somewhat better these days. We had a ton of rules about what we could and couldn’t wear to school and to school functions. I’m going to ask my son if his girlfriend has bought her prom dress yet and what it looks like and if there are “rules” about what the girls can wear. My younger boy did take a girl to homecoming which is pretty “dressy” in our school system and her dress was just lovely. Somewhat clingy and sparkly all over but not low cut or revealing more shift-style…just lovely. In fact, I saw her mom later that month and told her how beautiful her daughter was and how wonderful she looked for homecoming and I meant every word of what I said. If I had a daughter I’d like her to dress like this young lady did.</p>
<p>That story just reinforrces all the stereotypes we have about Alabama as a backwater bastion of stupidity. At my daughter’s prom the fashion was short, and I mean SHORT dresses. Yes, we live in a more liberal fashion oriented area but please…isn’t it up to the parents to decide if the dress was ok and in keeping with a general dress code?</p>
<p>I just took a look at the photograph of Erica and the now infamous dress. All I can say is ‘huh?’ and…‘What now?’</p>
<p>Sorry, my suspicious mind still tells me that this so called choice of punishments is a bit of icky fantasy on the part of some creepy school authorities. Who does the padling, male or female administrators? And when it comes to racy, that dress is rather bland. Seems to me to be a basic prom dress. Let’s get a photograph of the folks who enforce this kind of nonsense.</p>
<p>And I’ve got another idea. Every dress shop owner within 25 miles of this school should be marching on the principal’s office. Don’t these kind of small shopkeepers provide much of the adversting and sponsorship for school events? No lawsuit needed.</p>
<p>Does she have to wear the prom dress while she’s being paddled? “Bend over the desk, my dear.” Porn fantasy indeed.</p>
<p>The whole thing is ludicrous. And completely creepy.</p>
<p>For what it’s worth, I have no problem with strict dress codes. I wish all schools had them, in fact. After-the-fact enforcement of dress codes that weren’t spelled out beforehand, however, is unfair, and paddling teenage girls is, as others have said, more likely someone’s prurient fantasy than legitimate discipline.</p>
<p>I do not expect this to stand up in court.</p>
<p>If anyone has shopped for prom dresses (or even looked online at them), this type of dress is a very common style and practically the norm. I mean that is what they are selling these days. Yes, the girl is well endowed but she is pretty much dressed in a normal looking teenage cocktail dress in terms of length and the cut of the bust. Many cocktail dresses for teens and prom gowns are strapless or spaghetti strap with a bust line that has a V shape. And most teen short dresses are not to the knee either. If this style is not allowed, the search for a prom dress will be more difficult!</p>
<p>I don’t like the paddling thing. I think my brother’s all boys school in Calif still does it…or maybe they recently stopped. My all girls school NEVER did it.</p>
<p>That said…it’s ridiculous to think that all girls can wear the same low cut dresses. My SIL (who laughs about her flat chest) can wear the skimpiest french tank and show NOTHING. If I put such a thing on, I would be a walking felony.</p>
<p>Also…it’s ridiculous not to acknowledge the effect that cleavage has on many/most young men (heck, on most men of all ages…LOL). I don’t think it’s reasonable for parents to prefer that their high school kids not have sex, while dressing their girls in clothes that has their cleavage hanging out. </p>
<p>There wouldn’t be the silly fascination with “down blousing” and “nip slips” if boys didn’t care a lot about boobs! LOL</p>