Huffpost ● Charleston County School of the Arts, North Charleston, SC

The Amazing Way ● Wearing scarlet letters to protest dress code rule that violators
Teens are will immediately be sent out of class and cannot return until they
Protesting a New change
Dress Code Policy ● Students worried that this will affect their education
● Teachers make derogatory remarks
● Issue isn’t dress code itself but schools enforcement of it
○ Can be embarrassing and degrading to be called out

Mic ● Brought their school curriculum into it by wearing the letters

These Students ● Dress code unfairly targets girls
are Turning to ● 100 people wore A’s to protest
“The Scarlet ● Guys not called out for wearing muscle tank tops and low pants
Letter” to Protest ○ Double standard
Dress Codes ● Rules sexualize girls

Seventeen ● Uncomfortable encounters with school administrators

These Girls are ○ Some comments made people cry
Wearing Scarlet ● Administration’s response to protest has been positive
Letters to Protest
the Sexist Way
their School’s
Dress Code is
Enforced