A school in Massachusetts bans girls from wearing yoga pants, while Lululemon still stings from the effects of fat-shaming women. Can we find balance around pants that are supposed to work for balance poses?

Administrators at a high school in Rockport, Mass.,who have enforced a ban on yoga pants and leggings are yet another reason why Americans need to get over the tendency to objectify the wearer rather than celebrate the body, mind, and spiritual benefits of comfortable attire.

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Lisa Suhay, who has four sons at home in Norfolk, Va., is a childrens book author and founder of the Norfolk (Va.) Initiative for Chess Excellence (NICE) , a nonprofit organization serving at-risk youth via mentoring and teaching the game of chess for critical thinking and life strategies.

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It's possible the administrators and faculty at Rockport High School may have needed to meditate on this decision around girls wearing yoga pants a little longer, especially as teen girls at the school report feeling objectified in the decision as they were blamed for distracting their male classmates.

This harkens back to recent coverage ofLululemon creating shoddy ultra-sheer yoga pants and then blaming it on women by saying some were just too chubby to wear them.

How does something as soothing as comfortable pants designed for the practice of meditation and fitness become such a regular hot button issue?

In the case of Rockport High, it seems the principal reacted under pressure from faculty, who expressed concern that students were not following the dress code, according to Yahoo.

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