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Jessica Valenti: Female bodies as "distracting": Another quick thought on dress codes & sexism

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I’ve been amazed at the number of comments that just don’t get it over at my post at The Nation on the way dress codes can discriminate against women. (And the way school administrators and faculty can use said code to sexually harass young women.)

What’s been truly interesting to me is the…

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