Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Union Grove High school in Madison, Wi. just came out with a few rules for the students as part of the school code, that were reported on today in the online law blog, "right pundits".

Here is one, about what the administration has termed "sexual bending":

“When dancing back to front, all dancers must remain upright - no sexual bending is allowed,” the policy reads. “Examples are, no hands on knees, and no hands on the dance floor with your buttocks touching your dance partner. There will be no touching of the breasts, buttocks or genitals. There will be no straddling of each others’ legs. Both feet must remain on the floor at all times.”

They also have some rules around the dress code:

The Union Grove policy says girls cannot have dresses that “expose cleavage, extend above the mid-thigh, (or) have slits extending above mid-thigh” and boys must wear collared shirts and dress pants.

All of this actually served to remind me of the interesting fact that many academically elite private schools, including the private school that I attended, already have rules around what are known as "PDA"s, or "public displays of affection" between boys and girls, which are not sanctioned, in addition to rules around the dress code.

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