Noble, Oklahoma – A female superintendent in this small town of less than 7,000 people has caused quite the stir after she went too far in emphasizing the dress code. Ronda Bass was visiting the student body to start off the new school year and recited the strict dress code.
So far, that was no problem. Next, before the school assembly, she singled out young girls, presumably for dress code violations, and asked them to bend over. She emphasized that anyone in compliance with the dress code would not have any issue with bending over. She then castigated the girls by stating she did not want to see anyone’s posterior exposed to any degree by being insufficiently clothed.
In addition, she asked the student body rhetorically if they have seen “skanks” walking about campus. The term “skank” is a pejorative for a prostitute. In a wider sense, it refers to someone with loose morals which is presumed to be the case of girls who are scantily clad.
Superintendent Bass certainly made her point loud and clear. However, using teenage girls as object lessons publicly humiliated some of the girls and sent them away crying. Parents of the humiliated girls are outraged and want Superintendent Bass to resign. For her part, Bass said she was actually trying to prevent the girls from being referred to as skanks. Instead, she wants the girls viewed as being classy. The emphasis on girls and their manner of dress is criticized by some as making females take responsibility for men objectifying them.