what: "Appropriate Attire Policy"
where: Atlanta, GA
when: October 2009
why you should care:
This past week all-male school, Morehouse College, passed a very interesting dress code. Generally, when schools dictate what students can and cannot wear on campus it's really not that big of a deal. Like many others before it, Morehouse has said that the guys can't wear baggy pants, do-rags, pajamas in public...most things they (in my opinion) shouldn't be wearing in the first place. So what's so major about this crack down, that CNN, amongst others, have taken to covering it? Well...Morehouse has decided that the boys can no longer cross-dress. Yep. The HBCU has decided that the distinguished gentlemen of Morehouse have to cut out the high heels, purses, and lipstick. Um...I don't know about you guys, but I wasn't aware that cross-dressing was so prevalent on their campus. Or why anyone cares so much in the first place. A spokesperson for Morehouse says that "a gay lifestyle is leading them [the boys] to dress a way we do not expect of Morehouse men." Which leads me to wonder what exactly is expected of Morehouse men and why cross-dressing affects it. It also makes me wonder where this policy leaves the women at sister school Spellman College. Will they (lesbians included) no longer be allowed to wear oversized jeans, Timberland boots, have short hair? What do you guys think? Does the policy make sense? Why was it even instituted in the first place? Let me know what you think in the comments! [cnn]
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