University of Prince Edward Island student Kylee Graham said she was reprimanded by staff at her school gym after arriving to work out in a crop top. The 22-year-old veterinary student said staff first told her the shirt was inappropriate before deciding it was OK to wear as she left. Graham said staff told her that the gym was “trying to find a happy medium” in the dress code “where girls can still work out with men.” A college student in Canada said she was reprimanded by staff at her school’s gym, who told her she violated its dress code by wearing a crop top. University of Prince Edward Island student Kylee Graham said in a Facebook post that she was approached by staff at the UPEI Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre on October 9, when she was wearing black pants and a black crop top that revealed part of her abdomen. The 22-year-old veterinary student said staff told her the shirt was inappropriate and pulled out a binder that said the dress code banned sports bras, open-backed shirts and low-cut shirts. https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php “I told her this isn’t a sports bra as you couldn’t even see my belly button (but even if it was so what!!! I’ll get to this later), and they said ‘ok you’re fine for today but in the future even wearing a see through shirt over top would suffice,’” Graham wrote. According to the UPEI Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre handbook, the dress code states that “Tops/shirts should… [Read full story]
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