A 17-YEAR-OLD STUDENT from the US state of Virginia has told how she was asked to leave her prom when dads chaperoning the event said that she would give the boys ‘impure thoughts’.
The 17-year-old, identified only as Clare, went to the prom for homeschooled students last week.
Upon arrival, she says, she was challenged on the length of her dress.
After proving that it fit the criteria, she was allowed entry.
She says that once she joined her friends, she was “grossed out” by dads “ogling” them.
She says she was approached by an organiser shortly afterwards.
She took me into a corner in the hall way, with another woman, (who I’m assuming was a parent/chaperone) and told me that some of the dads who were chaperoning had complained that my dancing was too provocative, and that I was going to cause the young men at the prom to think impure thoughts. At this point I said to her that I hadn’t been dancing at all!
She says that security were called and asked to remove her. Her friends, who left with her, were denied a refund.
Clare says in the blog post that she is upset for a number of reasons, but highlights the attitude towards womens’ bodies.
“I was told that the way I dressed and moved my body was causing men to think inappropriately about me, implying that it is my responsibility to control other people’s thoughts and drives.
I am so tired of people who abuse their power to make women feel violated and ashamed because she has an ass, or has breasts, or has long legs.
She adds that if anyone at the event, which was organised by parents of homeschooled teenagers in the area, had impure thoughts, she is not responsible.
“I’m only 17, but I can see there’s something wrong about this, please, please tell me I’m not the only one who think it doesn’t matter how people are dressed or how they move their bodies, we should still treat them with respect and decency. And enough with the slut shaming.
I’m not responsible for some perverted 45 year old dad lusting after me because I have a sparkly dress on and a big ass for a teenager. And if you think I am, then maybe you’re part of the problem.
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