--- title: Teens Fight to Go Braless, Male Teacher Feels ‘Uncomfortable' description: A Montana high school asked 18 year-old Kaitlyn Juvik to wear a bra, and the students didn't take the request lightly. canonical: https://time.com/4361645/dress-code-bra/ author: Megan Lasher article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-06-08T18:03:38.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T09:02:41.755Z og:title: High School Student Was Told to Wear a Bra Because Her Male Teacher Felt ‘Uncomfortable' og:description: 'Perhaps people should start teaching boys not to sexualize women's bodies' og:url: https://time.com/4361645/dress-code-bra/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltca1e2999f07f6425/698896fb428a9e0f07cd2f5b/bra-teen-dress-code.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: USA, Illinois, Metamora, Blue bra on hanger og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: High School Student Was Told to Wear a Bra Because Her Male Teacher Felt ‘Uncomfortable' twitter:description: 'Perhaps people should start teaching boys not to sexualize women's bodies' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltca1e2999f07f6425/698896fb428a9e0f07cd2f5b/bra-teen-dress-code.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # High School Student Was Told to Wear a Bra Because Her Male Teacher Felt ‘Uncomfortable' by [Megan Lasher](https://time.com/author/megan-lasher/) ## Megan Lasher Jun 8, 2016 6:03 PM UTC  Blue bra on hanger Blue bra on hangerGetty Images by [Megan Lasher](https://time.com/author/megan-lasher/) ## Megan Lasher Jun 8, 2016 6:03 PM UTC Earlier this spring, one Montana high school took dress codes to another level when administrators asked 18-year-old Kaitlyn Juvik to wear a bra. According to Juvik’s [account to PEOPLE](http://www.people.com/article/montana-teen-told-wear-bra-school-administration), the teen was called into her school’s vice principal’s office because she was wearing a loose black shirt with stickers to cover her nipples instead of an underwire bra. “I was told that a male teacher had complained he was uncomfortable because I wasn’t wearing a bra, and I was told to find something to cover up with,” she said. Juvik had opted not to wear a traditional bra for over a year because she found them to be uncomfortable: “I feel suffocated wearing a bra,” she told PEOPLE, explaining that she didn’t expect her school to take issue with her decision. [_Follow Motto on Facebook._](https://www.facebook.com/mottoworkplaylive/) “Boys always get the excuse about their hormones, that ‘boys will be boys,'” Juvik told PEOPLE. “But instead, perhaps people should start teaching boys not to sexualize women’s bodies. Wearing a bra is a personal choice. It’s my body. Why is it anybody else’s business whether I’m wearing a bra, especially when I’m covered up and dressed appropriately?” Juvil’s classmates were quick to jump to her defense. She posted about the ordeal on Facebook, and now the community has developed a Facebook page called [No Bra No Problem](https://www.facebook.com/No-Bra-No-Problem-1549936855301425/?fref=photo) aimed at supporting women who want to be able to choose what they wear. 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