There’s been talk about passing an “anti-sagging law” for years now, which would prevent men from wearing their pants below their waist and exposing their underwear in public. Although some states have already banned “sagging pants”, it seems that more states are jumping on the bandwagon with this new law. Now, Florida senators are in the midst of passing the law that men can not expose their underwear in public and especially in school settings.
State Senator Gary Siplin has been working on the bill which would be targeted towards school’s dress codes for six years now, and it seems like he is finally close to closing the deal.
These rules will make it against the law when boys wear their pants so low that you’re able to see their underwear. This rule applies to both boys and girls.
Kevin Gordon, a principle in a Florida school, says administrators are attempting to teach youth what is appropriate in the workplace. He stated: “if you are not dressed appropriately, then you’re not ready for school. If you are not ready for school, you’re not ready to be successful.” Hm, what do you think about this statement?
The problem comes in when this law is targeted toward a certain group of men, i.e. African American men and boys. What happened to our First Amendment Right? I believe in the freedom of expression, so forgive me for thinking that people should be able to dress however they want to dress, even if it means having their pants hanging off their butts. My motto is “hey, you do you!” I don’t think that this issue of “sagging pants” would be a problem if the negative stereotypes didn’t come from it such as “thugs”, “gang bangers”, “jail birds” etc. and I think that it is a shame that the government would try and regulate people’s style of clothing. If they take away that freedom, what’s next?!
What do you think? Do you think the way that you dress affects your success level? Do you think that the government has a reason to regulate how people dress?
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