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“Adults genuinely want to make sure that girls know they are more than just sex on legs, but dress codes that disproportionately target girls with developing bodies or for showing skin do exactly that by centering the gazes of the heterosexual boys and men around them.”

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Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women's Anger

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