Richard's child attends Kanesville Elementary school in Ogden, Utah. Natalie Richard, the mother of a sixth-grade girl says it sends a bad message to girls that girls have to say yes.

Natalie took her concerns to the school principal.

However, after speaking to her daughter's teacher, she realized the statement was accurate.

A Utah school whose policy says girls can't say no to boys when asked to dance during school events is facing backlash. "She has to say 'yes.' She has to accept and I said, 'Excuse me?,'" Richard told CNN affiliate KSTU.

Originally, Richard thought her daughter had misunderstood what she'd been told at school.

'He basically just said they've had this dance set up this way for a long time and they've never had any concern before, ' she went on. "We want to promote kindness and so we want you to say yes when someone asks you to dance", Weber School District community relations specialist, Lane Findlay said.

"I do see it from their perspective when it comes to that", said Richard.

In fact, she said, not allowing one student to turn down physical contact or a romantic gesture from someone else can do more harm than good.

'[It's] Sends a bad message to girls that girls have to say "yes" [and] sends a bad message to boys that girls can't say "no", she said. "Psychologically, my daughter keeps coming to me and saying, 'I can't say "no" to a boy.' That's the message kids are getting".

"Students are also told by their teacher that if a classmate asks to be on their card, they should be polite and respectful, and agree to dance with that person".

School officials confirmed that students were given "dance cards" where they would write their partner preferences - half girls' choice and half boys' choice - and they were expected to accept every partner.

The Weber School District says the dance rules are different for each school and the district doesn't govern them.

"But I think it does send the wrong message".

'Teach your girls to say no.

"We have to teach very early that kids have bodily autonomy, that they have the ability to consent regarding activity, regarding what part of their bodies is touched".

"[Imagine ] she can't say no if this guy asks her to dance", Magera said. It's an actual rule.