'This matter was brought to the attention of the Superintendent’s Office for review. In a statement released few days after the incident, Mitchell Teitelbaum, the district's general counsel, noted that the situation was mishandled but contended that Martinez broke the rules because she had distracted other students by not wearing a bra.
'They had to ask her to stand up and bounce her breasts around to show it was a distraction,' Knop added, incredulous. 'Why is a 17-year-old girl's breast moving any different? It's a collection of fat cells.' 'This whole issue was really eye-opening for me and puts things in perspective because I also have a 13-year-old son and, at that age, they have erections on accident and no one calls them out or sends them home,' she said. She added that when she met with school officials, Braden River's principal acknowledged 'she didn't see anything wrong' with Martinez's attire.Īfter several meetings that week, Knop said she concluded that school officials unfairly targeted her daughter for attire that was not inappropriate or violated the school's dress code. If a boy was staring at her nipples that long why was he not spoken to or punished?' Knop said in an interview with BuzzFeed News. 'It's a disgusting example of a double standard and shows how our culture body-shames women.
