Dress codes eliminate distractions
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After 1 vote and with 1 point ahead, the winner is...
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Affirmative : Harper Smith and Maryn Wendling
Negative : Addison Turner and Campbell Hale
The affirmative argument that dress code eliminates distraction would only make sense if someone, usually boys, are being distracted by other people’s bodies. Dress codes are teaching girls to cover up but the boys, or anyone being “distracted”, are not in the wrong for their actions. Dress code does not improve self-esteem and being sent home as a result of a dress code violation is a self-esteem blow and can be humiliating. It can also cause the student to feel uncomfortable that teachers and fellow students might have been looking at a minor’s body in an inappropriate way. The solution shouldn’t be to enforce rules on someone’s body but to teach other students and especially teachers not to behave inappropriately and be able to control themselves. Dress codes are also subjective and one teacher might not think an outfit is inappropriate and another might. Dress codes are unfair and cause students to ask themselves why they are being dress coded when another student wearing something similar is not dress coded.
Pro's main point is that dress code cause distraction, and that this is bad because it harms education. Pro further backs this point up by showing how eduation is the sole purpose of school. However, Con is able to turn this point and show how preventing distraction is equvilent to sexualizing children. Pro does not adress this in round three, so this point has been dropped. Aditionally, Con also pointed out that dress codes were distracting. There was not too much actual clash here, so the points on distraction are essentially a wash. This just leaves me with the sexulization and double standard point from Con, so I have to vote on that.
Round 1 : Intro - Affirmative : Harper / Negative : Campbell
Round 2 : Rebuttal - Affirmative : Maryn / Negative : Addison
Round 3 : Conclusion - Affirmative : Maryn / Negative : Addison