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Daily Talker: Students Protest Yoga Pants Restrictions

Students at Cape Cod Regional Tech in Harwich are protesting new restrictions on yoga pants. They say their school's new dress code promotes body shaming.

Female students there say they shouldn't be forced to cover their bodies. The new rule requires yoga pants to be worn with a dress, skirt or shorts.

Some want school officials to change the rules.

The senior class president joined others in wearing just the pants as a protest.

"I definitely see both sides I think we need to dress appropriately at school not show anything that is inappropriate but at the same time we need to be standing up for our rights in what we can wear," Seana Aiolupotea said.

For now, violators won't be punished

"In the hallways we're always addressing dress in one way or another," said Superintendent Robert Sanborn. "It's hats indoors, tank tops things of that nature, and it's a teachable moment it's not a disciplinary action it's not detention."

Do you agree with the school's new restrictions on yoga pants?

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