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Sexism and school photos: Boy poses and girl poses

Sexism school photos: Women and men are posed differently

Lately it’s been bothering me and Irene that Mallory would come back from photo day with tales of how kids were being posed by gender. I have a bunch of ancient photos of me, taken by portrait photographers hired by…

cmkl
October 12, 2016
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Tallie Doyle takes on the Ottawa Carleton District School Board’s dress code

My daughter has the same dress code at her school. It's galling. Supposedly done to keep 'the boys' from getting distracted and to help them improve their marks. And for girls to avoid unwanted attention. Tallie's sin was to wear a tank top with visible bra straps. She got a reprimand. And now she's hopping mad.

cmkl
May 26, 2014