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Dress codes of yore are starting to crumble in the face of critiques about sexism and racial inequity.
Driving the news: School districts in California, Illinois and Oregon are explicitly allowing tank tops and short shorts, the AP reports. A suburban Houston school district in Texas is “reevaluating” a rule banning boys from wearing makeup. School districts nationwide are backing off rules that forbade hoodies.
Between the lines:The National Organization for Women’s Oregon chapter created draft rules in 2016 that focused on ending rules “that reinforce gender stereotypes and minimize unnecessary discipline or ‘body shaming,'” the AP notes.