Reflection 4: Seeing Double—Exploring Double Standards in Male and Female Dress (Pathway 2 Assignment Only)
Today, girls and women encounter a myriad of double standards in dress codes across various settings, including school, the workplace, and sports. For example, in many American schools, boys are allowed to wear tank tops, or even crop tops, while girls are often barred from displaying too much arm, cleavage, or midriff. Certain dress expectations and norms can also create a double standard for women. For instance, male professional attire is fairly simple and straightforward, typically slacks, shirt, tie, and jacket. Women, on the other hand, have the added expectation of makeup. Even in sports, female uniforms routinely show more skin than those of the males. In these, and other settings, all things are not equal as they pertain to male and female dress codes. What do you believe should be the rules, if any, for how men and women dress in certain places and situations? For example, do these rules, as some argue, only reinforce negative gender stereotypes
Cite at least two of the following to include in your discussion:
Required:
- MLA Style, including works cited
- 500 words (≈2 pages)
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