Lol, you immediately took the thought to the extremes. How can what I said be remotely prison like 😂

School is obviously meant to prepare one for adult life. As an adult you can't be publicly indecent, so can you not be at school.

Also, I agree everyone should act appropriately around everyone no matter how they are dressed.

I didn't understand what you meant by the firearm licence, but just so you know it is at least 18-21 minimum age with necessary courses and qualifications, around the world.

Uniform is the solution we have at the moment. But as you said that's not the best one. If there is a better solution we should go for it.

Regarding outside world, agree there as well. But compared to school obviously there is more freedom.

Overall, my whole point was the two sidedness of the issue.

Because outside world you are free to be who you want to be. But in the school you are meant to study and there is a decorum. Very similar to a library, you cannot speak in a library because it is distracting.

I have to be clear here, the problem lies in the subjectivity that "what is appropriate". To solve this we have uniforms. And If there is a better solution I'm in for that.

But as I stated before, one should not be one sided in their thought about this problem. Not everything can be dumped on the "boys should learn" phrase.

While boys should definitely learn, the outfit also should fit the decorum.

Completely agree. The post is about the school dress code though.

Not sure if you really read my comment. I was talking ONLY in the context of school, which the post is about.

What happens outside school is a different conversation. Much more general in fact. We'd probably on the same page in that conv I believe.

The point is not about expressing yourself or looking good. Those are definitely positives.

The point is about dressing distractingly. Say for example the man in the picture takes class for you, are you telling me his outfit won't be distracting for you ?

It is distracting because it is out of place for where it is worn, school. This man could come like this for a party and he would be a hit.

The same applies for students, be it from any gender.

The counter argument I always see is "boys should be taught to control". While this is true and a certain amount of decency is expected from everyone even if they find someone attractive who is dressed non distractingly, the other side of the coin is that someone who is dressed inappropriately to the place (school) could distract "boys" even if they don't find the person attractive. This it is definitely the problem of the outfit.

In short the problem is the "everything goes" attitude