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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrouble at the Richmond VA Homeschool prom - Girl asked to leave because Dads were ogling her
http://thinkprogress.org/health/2014/05/13/3437464/teen-girl-prom-impure-thoughts/A 17-year-old high schooler from Virginia says she was kicked out of her prom because the parental chaperones were worried she was inspiring impure thoughts among the boys in attendance. Even though her dress adhered to the fingertip length dress code requirement, she was asked to leave.
Clare recounts her experience in a guest post on her sisters blog. After Clare and her boyfriend bought tickets to the Richmond Homeschool Prom, she bought a new dress that she made sure was long enough according to the events fingertip length rule. But Clare is 59?, and even though the hem of her dress was within the guidelines, she says her long legs led some chaperones to assume she was breaking the dress code.
After Clare and her friends hung out a little bit on the dance floor she writes that they werent even dancing, just swaying with the music and talking and enjoying ourselves Clare was pulled away by one of the dances organizers, who told her that some of the fathers chaperoning the event had complained about her. They reportedly said that her dancing was too provocative and she was going to cause the young men at the prom to think impure thoughts.
When Clare protested that she wasnt even doing anything, she was told that her dress was too short and she needed to leave. She says she demanded to speak with the woman who was in charge of the prom, but the other chaperones refused to let her.
I was told that the way I dressed and moved my body was causing men to think inappropriately about me, implying that it is my responsibility to control other peoples thoughts and drives, Clare writes in her blog post. Im not responsible for some perverted 45 year old dad lusting after me because I have a sparkly dress on and a big ass for a teenager. And if you think I am, then maybe youre part of the problem.
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underpants
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William769
(55,147 posts)greatauntoftriplets
(175,749 posts)William769
(55,147 posts)greatauntoftriplets
(175,749 posts)William769
(55,147 posts)Yummy!
greatauntoftriplets
(175,749 posts)Ick.
gcomeau
(5,764 posts)I was told that the way I dressed and moved my body was causing men to think inappropriately about me, implying that it is my responsibility to control other peoples thoughts and drives, Clare writes in her blog post. Im not responsible for some perverted 45 year old dad lusting after me because I have a sparkly dress on and a big ass for a teenager. And if you think I am, then maybe youre part of the problem.
...I definitely like this kid.
Of course at reading the words "home school prom" I was already anticipating stupidity in one form or another.
JI7
(89,262 posts)underpants
(182,868 posts)Sorry I didn't see it yesterday
JI7
(89,262 posts)i just meant it was based on those threads where i learned that was more likely the problem they had .
DavidDvorkin
(19,483 posts)or what exactly did happen.
The only report seems to be from Clare herself, in a blog post.
underpants
(182,868 posts)Either that or the guy who took her there
Demo_Chris
(6,234 posts)Sorry, but my BS detector is pegged on this story. To be blunt, I don't believe ANYONE, fundie Christian or not, told some teen girl she had to leave a dance because the adult men were lusting after her. That's just absurd. Further, her dress could hardly have been more conventional and plain. What are we to believe the non-provocative girls were wearing? Burkas?
Anyway, people do stupid stuff every day, so it's possible. But I am calling BS on this until someone provides some more info.