Over the past few years, we've seen a lot of high schools send home female students because of their outfits.
It happens at prom, at other dances, and even just on normal days — one valedictorian and class president, Sophia, was forced to leave testing because the principal deemed her dress "inappropriate."
It's unfortunate, but teen girls always have to be aware of what they're wearing. Even if they follow dress codes perfectly, people still tell them they aren't wearing "appropriate" outfits.
And it happens outside of school as well — this year alone, multiple teen girls have been kicked out of shopping malls for wearing normal summer clothing.
On April 27, 2017, a similar situation arose at a chess tournament in Malaysia.
A 12-year-old girl put on a knee-length, capped-sleeve dress and went to the tournament. When she got there, though, the tournament director told her that her dress was too "seductive" and too much of a temptation to the boys.
Do you think her dress is seductive? Keep reading to learn more.
Kaushal Kal, a chess player and chess coach, wrote about what happened on Facebook, where his post quickly went viral.
To date, the post has over 4,800 reactions and over 3,100 shares.
Kaushal wrote:
DEAR MALAYSIAN CHESS COMMUNITY,
I heard the most disturbing incident from one of my students' mother.
At the National Scholastic Chess Championship 2017, in Putrajaya, one of my students, who is a 12-YEAR-OLD GIRL, felt harassed and humiliated by the actions of Tournament Director and Chief Arbiter.
In the middle of Round 2, (without stopping the clocks) Chief Arbiter informs my student that the dress she wore was improper and has violated the dress code of the tournament.
It was later informed (by Chief Arbiter) to my student and her mother that the Tournament Director deemed my student’s dress to be “seductive” and a “temptation from a certain angle far, far away.”
We found this statement completely out of line!
Please see attached photo of what she was wearing! Completely ridiculous!
After some discussion, Chief Arbiter had conceded and apologised to my student, personally assuring her that there was nothing wrong with her attire, but due to Tournament Director’s decision, he could not allow this dress to be worn by my student in the tournament.
This discussion happened at around 10 pm and Chief Arbiter gave them a choice to go to the mall nearby to buy a long slack for the next day 9 am round. Due to the timing of this incident, it was impossible to get another attire in time for the 9 am round next day, as all shops were already closed and wouldn’t be open in time.
Before the morning round next day, my student’s mother called Tournament Director regarding this matter, initially, he had replied that he was not aware of the situation but after a brief discussion, it was realized that he knew all the details of this incident prior to this phone call.
He promised to return the call upon discussion with Chief Arbiter, but this did not happen. He would[…] not answer or return any calls of my student’s mother.
This situation had led to the inevitable decision of withdrawal from the tournament altogether.
We are absolutely DISGUSTED by the treatment of Tournament Director to a 12-year-old girl and her mother. This incident has resulted in loss of time and money, which was invested before, during, and after the tournament on coaching, registration fees, traveling, accommodation and other incurred cost.
This bright young girl was recently the champion of her district in MSS Kuala Lumpur and has shown tremendous potential in Chess. This incident has left her extremely disturbed, and embarrassed.
I have been playing chess in Malaysia for almost 2 decades and I have never heard this type of issue ever in any tournaments in Malaysia. This should be the first and last time this kind of issue ever appears, I or anyone of us should ever accept this in our Chess Community.
We demand a public apology from Tournament Director of National Scholastic Chess Championship 2017. In the event we do not receive a public apology in the next 5 days, we shall have no choice but to resort to legal proceedings.
Regards,
Kaushal Khandhar
A Malaysian Chess Player & Coach
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