Free the thigh protest at Aberdeen High School against dress code
Sep 13, 2016, 6:35 PM
(KIRO 7)
(KIRO 7)
ABERDEEN, Wash. – A student has organized a protest at Aberdeen High School against the school’s dress code, according to kxro.com. On Wednesday, Aberdeen students will “free the thigh.”
A Facebook page titled Free the Thigh created an online event scheduling the protest for Wednesday, Sept. 14.
The Facebook page was allegedly started by a student who got in trouble for wearing jeans that were “too ripped.”
“Spread the word, everyone wear ripped jeans Wednesday the 14th if you have any,”
“It hasn’t just been me,” one post reads. “But it was at least 40 people along with me that [got dress coded] too for ripped jeans.”
The Aberdeen High School dress code currently states, “Pants shall be worn at the waist and must not have excessive holes or holes located above mid-thigh.” Read the code here.
One local mother, Angela Asbury, shared an image of her daughter’s ripped jeans on the protest’s Facebook page.
“My daughter got dress coded today at the Jr high. I refuse to make her change,” Asbury wrote. “We r behind this protest 100%.”
