She mentioned how a student was given three specific reasons for a female dress code: “1) There are male teachers and male sixth formers [high school seniors] 2) Teachers feel uncomfortable around bras etc. 3) Don’t want the boys to target you or intimidate you.” (40) Bates uses these reasons to make one of her most powerful assertions of yet; one that she believes perpetuates the sexual exploitation of girls’ bodies and at the same time systematically wires boys to harass and idolize them. She goes on to claim to the audience that this behavior prepares them for college life, where one in five women is sexually assaulted on college campus. Bates statement regarding sexual assault on college campus should be thoroughly researched to determine whether or not her claim is true; she offered no evidence to back up this
She mentioned how a student was given three specific reasons for a female dress code: “1) There are male teachers and male sixth formers [high school seniors] 2) Teachers feel uncomfortable around bras etc. 3) Don’t want the boys to target you or intimidate you.” (40) Bates uses these reasons to make one of her most powerful assertions of yet; one that she believes perpetuates the sexual exploitation of girls’ bodies and at the same time systematically wires boys to harass and idolize them. She goes on to claim to the audience that this behavior prepares them for college life, where one in five women is sexually assaulted on college campus. Bates statement regarding sexual assault on college campus should be thoroughly researched to determine whether or not her claim is true; she offered no evidence to back up this