High School Photoshopped All Females' School Photos By Removing Traces Of Their Cleavage
This high school decided that no girls were allowed to show even the smallest amount of cleavage in their yearbook pictures.
Most teenagers approaching their senior year in high school are excited about graduation and all the details that come with it. Many of these teenagers have every right to look forward to receiving their yearbooks, as it's something that will always remind them of their youth.
Getting their pictures taken for the yearbook is usually important for these youngsters, and they will do their best to look good in these photos.
Bartram Trail High School in St. Johns County, Florida, has been a topic in the media following a scandal involving their yearbook photos. This prudish school has decided that, for some reason, the girls were showing too much cleavage in their photos and that they needed to edit them in order for them to be included in the yearbook.
According to the school district, all of the girls' photos had to follow the dress code, which is why the 80 pictures were deemed inappropriate. However, the boys' swim team photos were left unedited, as were the other sports photos.
Expectedly, the parents of these poor girls were left speechless by this decision, and this news spread quickly across the internet. People on the internet were outraged about this, and here is what they had to say.
Reporter Ben Ryan investigated the high school that edited the photos of 80 girls in its yearbook album.
BenRyanANJaxHere we can see one example of the editing done by the high school.
BenRyanANJaxRiley O'Keefe, a student at this high school, decided to speak up, and he was spot on.
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Ben looked at the yearbook and talked to the parents and students, discovering just how many pictures were edited.
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Not only are they edited for no reason, but the editing is also atrocious.
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Just another one of the students who had her cleavage covered up for absolutely no reason.
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The high school issued a statement saying that the photos which were edited were in violation of the school's dress code.
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And, of course, no one was available for an interview with Ben.
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The students never had any issues wearing the exact same clothes around the school.
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Ben found and posted the dress code for the high school.
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And here's the rest of it.
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Ben worked hard to try to get some answers, but no one would confront him.
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Needless to say, nobody was happy with this.
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People on Twitter weren't hesitant in sharing their opinions.
Nezalhualixtlan
This is exactly that: a case of sexualizing young girls for no reason.
saucissonsec
God forbid someone sees a girl's shoulders.
AidBham
However, not everyone had the same opinion on this matter.
envrv1
This is just spot on.
katiefitter
Opinions like this were met with a lot of criticism.
AndyVrenditions
The meaning of modesty is different for everyone.
kekepania71
YourBlackTabby
Making an issue out of nothing.
SMRiveraVasquez
No reason to ruin someone's yearbook.
BroomstickMama
Reminder: the boys' photos weren't censored in any way.
MissLindner
Just some ordinary clothes.
karenkawrites
Something we can all agree on.
kbrettland
Embarrassing young girls for absolutely no reason.
home_dignity
These are just some of the opinions people on Twitter had about this scandal, and we can see that there are people agreeing with the school and the actions they took. The definition of modesty is different for everyone, and that's what the problem here is.
Regardless of whether or not the girls were showing too much, this was definitely not the right way to address the issue. Editing the photos without letting the girls know what was happening is not the right way to go about this, and that's the biggest issue here.
