A Girl Has to Sue to Wear a Tux to a Prom

I wish I could say that forcing girls to wear dresses is so 19th century. But I suppose we should be grateful that schools and the workplace actually allow women to wear pants these days.

Hillary Rodham Clinton, of pantsuit fame, is not the only woman who recalls that back in the 1970s women and girls were forbidden to wear pants in the workplace and in the schools. We were suspended and fired for doing so. It is really remarkable how much energy has been expended to force women and girls to dress as we're told.

A 17-year-old Boone County girl has sued Lebanon Schools after her high school principal told her she could not wear a tuxedo to her prom and would have to wear a dress instead. The Lebanon High School senior, whose name is not revealed in the lawsuit, is a lesbian and does not wear dresses because she thinks they express a sexual identity that she does not embrace, court filings said. .

The girl's lawsuit says the school's regular dress code does not contain any gender-specific requirements and that she and many other girls routinely wear pants to school. But the school said her only option for the prom was to wear a dress and that only boys could wear tuxedos, the lawsuit said.

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