I don't know this for certain, but assume this was done at the direction of the administration of this public school. Tellingly, a group photo of the boys swim team featured them in their competition Speedos. Not much is left to guesswork about swimmers' bodies, as you can imagine.
But about 80 girls had their bodies covered in some way, though it also seems likely that their dress was fine during the actual taking of the yearbook portraits. Parents are outraged at the clear body shaming and some are demanding that the books be reprinted with the original portraits (which parents often purchase through the school).
That is incredibly expensive but that is another issue (parents' ignorance about how yearbooks are produced). My concern is that school administrators are so quick to use their power to censor, from the words of students -- even an off-campus Snapchat from a former cheerleader has appeared recently before the Supreme Court -- to dress codes.
It's not easy to be an administrator, of course, and they tend to take the heat no matter how they "rule." If you know you are going to be criticized no matter what, that should make it more attractive to simply "do the right thing."
High school girls have breasts, though it seems that the line that cannot be crossed is revealing the nipples. I'm not sure how it happened, but society has come to agreement over that (though there is a vigorous Free the Nipple movement in various parts of the country).
This time of year usually brings stories of offensive content slipping by the authorities in yearbooks as they arrive at schools. And this school is in Florida, which has become the state most likely to feature dysfunctional laws, politicians, ex-president Big Lies, and so much more.
No wonder so many American students can't wait to get out of high school.
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