'Sexually distracting’ dress lands schoolgirl in detention - but she hits back, telling boys to learn 'self control'

A 17-year-old was put in dentition for wearing a 'sexually distracting' dress to school - but she hit back at teachers in an emotional letter saying that their attitudes are supporting discrimination against women.

Lauren Wiggins was criticsed by school bosses for wearing a halter neck dress to class, with teachers at the New Brunswick school in Canada labelling it 'inappropriate' and informing her that she would have to attend detention.

Upset by the decision, the student hit back in a letter which she shared in a Facebook post, claiming that teachers were encouraging the objectification of women.

She wrote: "Today I received a detention because the outfit I am wearing is considered inappropriate and a sexual distraction to the young men in my school.

"Enough is enough. I’m tired of the unjust standards that we as women are held up to. "

Lauren's complaints rile against what is referred to as 'rape culture' - an attitude that blames women and how they are dressed for the action of others.

"If you are truly so concerned that a boy in this school will get distracted by my upper back and shoulders, then he needs to be sent home and practice self-control," she wrote.

"I’m tired of the discrimination against our bodies, and I’m absolutely fed up with comments that make us feel like we can’t be comfortable without being provocative.



"In today’s society, a woman’s body is constantly discriminated against and hypersexualized to the point where we can no longer wear the clothing that we feel comfortable in without the accusation and/or assumption that we are being provocative.

"Schools are the social building blocks in an adolescent’s life, meant to teach them how to communicate and develop relationships with others and also learning about themselves and who they want to be.It’s preached upon us to be individual, to be ourselves."

The dress policy for the school is listed on its website, which states that 'shirts exposing shoulders and/or backs and/or midriffs (spaghetti straps, tube tops, halter tops)' are banned.

Concluding the letter seen in her Facebook post, Lauren wrote: "The double standard here is that when we try, we are then told we’re wrong.

"If you are truly so concerned that a boy in this school will get distracted by my upper back and shoulders then he needs to be sent home and practice self control."

Her parents have also lent their support to their daughter.

Commenting on the Facebook post, her father Paul Wiggins wrote: "I saw your outfit this morning and there is nothing 'provocative' about it."