By . Beth Stebner . PUBLISHED: . 21:37 EST, 6 June 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 21:37 EST, 6 June 2012 . Students at one of Manhattan's most elite high schools decided to bare their feelings on their school’s conservative dress code – by wearing revealing outfits. Students at Stuyvesant High School took to Wall Street in Lower Manhattan yesterday to protest the institution’s new dress code, calling it 'Slutty Wednesday.' Students said that the dress code implementation is biased and especially unfair to curvier girls, and portrayed all male students as having no self-control. Slutty Wednesday: Students at Stuyvesant High School protested the dress code by wearing items that violated it . Imposing: The school's dress code states that shoulders can't be bared and shorts and skirts have to be past one's fingertips . And, some said, shorter and more breathable apparel was necessary, as the school’s air conditioning units were not always running at top capacity. The New York Times reported that the dress code issue has been an issue long before ‘Slutty Wednesday.’ One student called it a double standard, saying that staff members tend to go after female students, and especially those who are more curvaceous. Those who are found to be in violation of the dress code are then forced to wear baggy grey shirts. Further violations mean more severe punishments. Senior Benjamin Koatz, 18, told the Times: ‘It’s called Slutty Wednesday to symbolise that we’re not actually slutty.’ The right to bare arms: Some students said that as hot weather approaches, it comes down to a matter of comfort . Prestigious: Stuyvesant High School, located in Manhattan's Battery Park area, has turned out four Nobel Laureates . One student told NY1 that she sees the dress code as a non-issue, especially since a school is a place of learning. Stuyvesant High School imposed a new series of dress codes in September 2011, asking that students to wear 'appropriate' attire. As we approach warmer weather we would remind students to wear appropriate attire to school.  Guidelines for appropriate dress include the following: . Source: stuy.edu . ‘They’re like, sexualising our outfits by telling us what to wear,’ the student said. Another added: ‘It’s just more important to learn in school rather than be, like, persecuted for your dress.’ The majority of students came to class with more conservative attire, NY1 reported. The dress code was imposed in September 2011, and asks for students to wear ‘appropriate attire’ while in class. That includes having shoulders, midriffs, and lower backs covered, and have shorts span well below students’ fingertips when their arms are stiffly at their sides. Principal Stanley Teitel told student newspaper the Spectator last fall that ‘people were not wearing things we thought were appropriate for school.’ Stuyvesant was recently ranked eighth by U.S. News & World Report for its standout science and mathematics programs. Four Nobel Laureates have graduated from the institution since its founding in 1904.
Students at Stuyvesant High School upset over 'biased' dress code imposed last September .
Protested 'Slutty Wednesday' along Wall Street and wore violations of dress code, including shorter shorts and shirts that exposed shoulders .
By . Beth Stebner . PUBLISHED: . 21:37 EST, 6 June 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 21:37 EST, 6 June 2012 . Students at one of Manhattan's most elite high schools decided to bare their feelings on their school’s conservative dress code – by wearing revealing outfits. Students at Stuyvesant High School took to Wall Street in Lower Manhattan yesterday to protest the institution’s new dress code, calling it 'Slutty Wednesday.' Students said that the dress code implementation is biased and especially unfair to curvier girls, and portrayed all male students as having no self-control. Slutty Wednesday: Students at Stuyvesant High School protested the dress code by wearing items that violated it . Imposing: The school's dress code states that shoulders can't be bared and shorts and skirts have to be past one's fingertips . And, some said, shorter and more breathable apparel was necessary, as the school’s air conditioning units were not always running at top capacity. The New York Times reported that the dress code issue has been an issue long before ‘Slutty Wednesday.’ One student called it a double standard, saying that staff members tend to go after female students, and especially those who are more curvaceous. Those who are found to be in violation of the dress code are then forced to wear baggy grey shirts. Further violations mean more severe punishments. Senior Benjamin Koatz, 18, told the Times: ‘It’s called Slutty Wednesday to symbolise that we’re not actually slutty.’ The right to bare arms: Some students said that as hot weather approaches, it comes down to a matter of comfort . Prestigious: Stuyvesant High School, located in Manhattan's Battery Park area, has turned out four Nobel Laureates . One student told NY1 that she sees the dress code as a non-issue, especially since a school is a place of learning. Stuyvesant High School imposed a new series of dress codes in September 2011, asking that students to wear 'appropriate' attire. As we approach warmer weather we would remind students to wear appropriate attire to school.  Guidelines for appropriate dress include the following: . Source: stuy.edu . ‘They’re like, sexualising our outfits by telling us what to wear,’ the student said. Another added: ‘It’s just more important to learn in school rather than be, like, persecuted for your dress.’ The majority of students came to class with more conservative attire, NY1 reported. The dress code was imposed in September 2011, and asks for students to wear ‘appropriate attire’ while in class. That includes having shoulders, midriffs, and lower backs covered, and have shorts span well below students’ fingertips when their arms are stiffly at their sides. Principal Stanley Teitel told student newspaper the Spectator last fall that ‘people were not wearing things we thought were appropriate for school.’ Stuyvesant was recently ranked eighth by U.S. News & World Report for its standout science and mathematics programs. Four Nobel Laureates have graduated from the institution since its founding in 1904.
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