Teens claim the right to dress however they want in college or high school.

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  • The ban on wearing a skirt or a top that is too short, displayed in a private Catholic school in Dreux, has shocked on social networks.

  • The poster was hung at the beginning of the week, after the students decided to participate in the # Lundi14septembre movement.

  • This day was launched by high school girls to claim the right of teenage girls to dress as they wish.

The outfits worn by women continue to be a subject of debate.

And those chosen by teenage girls to go to school are no exception.

Proof of this is with this photo which sparked indignant reactions on social networks this week.

In a Facebook post published on September 14 and seen nearly 1.5 million times, an Internet user relays a cliché that she says comes from the “Notre-Dame de Dreux high school”.

We see a poster informing that as of Tuesday, September 15, "students wearing a skirt or a top too short" would "not be admitted to class.

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The image, which was also used on the Twitter network, stunned many Internet users while others questioned its veracity.

FAKE OFF

The photo is authentic.

It was taken at the private Catholic establishment Saint-Pierre-Saint-Paul de Dreux (which no longer bears the name of "Institution Notre-Dame" for several years), which posted this message in its enclosure after young girls participated in the # Lundi14septembre movement.

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, Florence Lafontaine, director of this Catholic institute which brings together an elementary school, a college and a high school, explains: “It is a simple poster that we put up last Monday in response to the participation of some of our students. to a movement calling on social networks to wear inappropriate clothes on the premises of the establishment.

It was withdrawn the next day and the few young girls returned [who had attended] in usual proper attire.

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Last Monday, the # Lundi14septembre action was launched on social networks.

Initiated by high school girls, the purpose of the day was to claim the right of adolescent girls to dress as they wish.

The mobilization, followed in various cities of France, resonated up to the government, since the Minister for Citizenship, Marlène Schiappa, showed her support for this moment of emancipation via her Twitter account.

Today # monday14septembre, young girls spontaneously decided all over France to wear low-cut crop top skirts or make-up to assert their freedom in the face of sexist judgments and acts.


As a mother, I support them with sorority & admiration 💪🏾💄 pic.twitter.com/rSh6HnAJmK

- 🇫🇷 MarleneSchiappa (@MarleneSchiappa) September 14, 2020

For his part, the Minister of National Education, Jean-Michel Blanquer, interviewed by BFMTV, considers that "heads of establishments are obviously in their role to enforce normal outfits", before concluding that "it is enough to dress normally and you will be fine ”.

Society

College or high school girls, do you undergo sexist dress codes and have you participated in the # Lundi14Septembre movement?

Society

No, this image does not show veiled women in front of the Sarcelles CAF

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