Bardot style tops have been a huge trend not only this summer, but for the last few years. The shoulder-baring style has been everywhere you look on the high street and so, naturally, young women everywhere have been embracing it.

But when the female students of San Benito High School in California started back after their summer holidays earlier this month, they were shocked to find that apparently shoulders are still seen as scandalous in 2017, and against the school’s dress code.

According to a tweet from a student’s family member, @brandy41395, the first day of the new term saw 20 girls sent home for exposing their shoulders – something which the student body has identified as sexist, with many female students feeling targeted because of their gender.

High school boys show epic support for female students against sexist dress code