There is a difference between preventing denigration and strict dress codes without any deviation.
I did mandatory school uniforms for most of my youth. All it did was make everyone more miserable, siphon shit tons of money out of people who really couldn't afford it (it was preached to be "helping" them in the first place), and help them treat us more like little ants.
A baseline is fine, a list of "hey none of this" would improve most places. A list of "ONLY this small thing is allowed" is less so, wherein most of the rules exist so an anal manager can nitpick at you over nothing of value.
They are awful because of all the factors that aren't considered.
Such as the fact that you might get two total uniforms for the entire year that don't fit by the half point, because all local stores know you must buy them and jack the price up massively and you outgrow everything because you are a child. So unless you come from a family that can afford hundreds upon hundreds of dollars constantly throughout the year, you are stuck in uncomfortable raggedy and smelly clothes constantly.
And it goes beyond assholes. Authoritarians, who love to work at schools to begin with, now get full government backing to suspend or punish you for infractions like "belt not black enough" or forgetting to button your polo all the way.
There is a difference between preventing denigration and strict dress codes without any deviation.
I did mandatory school uniforms for most of my youth. All it did was make everyone more miserable, siphon shit tons of money out of people who really couldn't afford it (it was preached to be "helping" them in the first place), and help them treat us more like little ants.
A baseline is fine, a list of "hey none of this" would improve most places. A list of "ONLY this small thing is allowed" is less so, wherein most of the rules exist so an anal manager can nitpick at you over nothing of value.
I never had school uniforms but I prob would have liked them. They do invite over eager assholes to nitpick your dress tho.
They are awful because of all the factors that aren't considered.
Such as the fact that you might get two total uniforms for the entire year that don't fit by the half point, because all local stores know you must buy them and jack the price up massively and you outgrow everything because you are a child. So unless you come from a family that can afford hundreds upon hundreds of dollars constantly throughout the year, you are stuck in uncomfortable raggedy and smelly clothes constantly.
And it goes beyond assholes. Authoritarians, who love to work at schools to begin with, now get full government backing to suspend or punish you for infractions like "belt not black enough" or forgetting to button your polo all the way.