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ROCK HILL, S.C. — A South Carolina mom dressed her son up like a woman to punish him for fighting and making homophobic remarks at school, according to WCNC. The mother shaved her young son’s head, ...

A Florida high school student who triggered an international discussion on whether women should have to wear bras is mobilizing girls to go braless to protest dress codes she says are unfairly strict ...

Most people probably wouldn't be surprised to hear that school dress codes unfairly impact female students, but the potential side effects of strict dress codes are worse than we thought. A new report ...

A Virginia teenager is on a mission to make her school reconsider its dress code and ditch the shameful sweatsuit it makes students wear when their clothes violate the rules. Lydia Cleveland, a senior ...