Anger at school ban on short skirts

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Anger at school ban on short skirts - Yahoo! News UK

[Michael]

Surprised they don't have a dress-code policy that already 'covers' this I would of thought knee height would be appropriate. I also have to ask why now? Well into Summer term. Did they all suddenly change their skirts last week?

[FN-GM]

They probably didnt. My current school and when i was a student at school have a constant battle getting girls to wear it longer. Most walk round with it very short. The school must have decided enough it enough.

[sparkeh]

When I was in the sixth form, the boys were banned from wearing shorts, apparently it was distracting to girls

[john]

Girls always will roll the skirts you, you tell them to get them longer and they magically appear longer then "shrink" again.

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Girls always will roll the skirts you, you tell them to get them longer and they magically appear longer then "shrink" again.

 

Just reminded me of a male teacher who saw a girl on the corridor with a rolled up skirt. I told her to pull her skirt down, within seconds he went red realizing what he said

[Ric_]

Just reminded me of a male teacher who saw a girl on the corridor with a rolled up skirt. I told her to pull her skirt down, within seconds he went red realizing what he said

 

We knew it was you!

[Midget]

different link, same story but with pictures that make me agree that they should be wearing full length skirts

 

100 pupils walk out of high school in protest at short skirt ban | Mail Online

[Andrew_C]

There is a certain part of me that thinks it depends on the girl... But that would get me in all sorts of trouble with the PC brigade.

 

Oh, dear god... I've now looked at the pictures in Midget's post.

 

How about this?

Edited June 20, 2009 by Andrew_C

[mattx]

Oh, dear god... I've now looked at the pictures in Midget's post.

 

Well think of me, I was eating my breakfast at the time.....[ I'm not now, I feel quite ill ]

[Midget]

my job here is done

 

*dusts hands*

[Diello]

But scores of girls - and a few boys - refused to comply

 

Scary... each to their own I suppose!

 

We have a similar problem here, leaves nothing to the imagination.

[localzuk]

I'm not a big fan of uniforms, but I do agree that short skirts are not appropriate in a school environment. It is far too easy for a child/teen/tween to 'reveal' themselves when they don't mean to. And this can cause embarrassment for them, and for the people that saw.

 

Our uniform policy allows skirts, but only of the 'school skirt' style, and only ones that are knee length or longer IIRC.

[EduTech]

Oh midget!

 

:gogetsacloth:

[john]

Our uniform can only be purchased from the College and the skirts are specifically designed to be long when sold and you can only wear them from the school and the lady that does it keeps an eye on what is going out for checking for size as it were so if they come back later short then we know its been rolled.

 

I do agree though some female students go too far with the short skirt thing on stairs it can be unpleasant at times.

[LeMarchand]

different link, same story but with pictures that make me agree that they should be wearing full length skirts

 

I'm not quite sure what the Mail's angle on the story is: the text suggests one thing, but the lovely models they chose suggest they're not taking it seriously. The scary thing is that those girls probably think they're GORGEOUS!!!

 

Some great lines in the story, some of which I daren't comment on for fear of being branded a sexist/pig, but:

 

Making us wear trousers is a bad idea - they irritate you. Short skirts do not affect our learning.

 

We buy M&S skirts but they complain about the length. I would leave school if I had to wear trousers.

 

How do the boys cope? Perhaps they should be given special consideration for managing to study in "irritating" clothing (not having their learning affected by all the flesh on show). As for M&S: surely even they sell short skirts and, even if all their skirts are of a suitable length, do they remain unaltered? As for leaving school if forced to wear trousers, I guess she doesn't own a pair of jeans then.

 

Helen Parker, 43, said the school needed to take into account the cost to parents of changing what girls can wear.

 

I find it hard to believe that both not only has the school never made stipulations about skirt length (and even if not, surely common sense should have prevailed) but that these girls aren't going to be buying any other skirts during the year.

 

How about this?

 

The design of the clothing must not resemble the clothing of the non-believing women.

 

I'm curious as to what would happen if hijabs came into fashion. I also found this:

 

Wearing an abaya or other form of Islamic clothing may make women feel more comfortable as they travel through Muslim areas and may be required by law in some Muslim nations.

 

So non-believers are required to wear traditional clothes .

 

SCHOOL BANS SKIRTS - mirror.co.uk

 

Girls aged nine to 13 are now turning up for class in long trousers - despite blazing sunshine

 

Again, it's a wonder how the boys cope.

 

12 and 13-year-olds are flouting that rule, wearing skirts only about three inches below their bottom

 

I find it quite disturbing that girls that young are so desperate for male attention. (Unless I'm missing some other reason for flashing the flesh). Not to mention that some parents apparently think such skirt lengths are appropriate for children.

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Protest: Chloe (left) and Stacey Tate (right) with their mother, Donna Parkinson (centre) all think they should be allowed to wear what they want at the school

 

Yup... they also believe that they shouldn't be forced to learn anything, should get paid to go to school and really need to grow up and face reality.

 

Idiots...

[glennda]

Well if you thought that was bad, anyone read this? , now thats pretty bad especially from a head teacher!!

[localzuk]

Well if you thought that was bad, anyone read this? , now thats pretty bad especially from a head teacher!!

 

Seems pretty dumb to me. People should lead their online life like they lead their real life. I bet she wouldn't be discussing her breast sizes in a pub near her school, so she shouldn't be doing it online...

[john]

Also, as part of this, how come many schools don't allow the male students to wear shorts in summer, female can wear skirts but guys cannot wear shorts, its trousers for males all year in a lot of places, so surely that could be argued that its not good for males.

[localzuk]

Also, as part of this, how come many schools don't allow the male students to wear shorts in summer, female can wear skirts but guys cannot wear shorts, its trousers for males all year in a lot of places, so surely that could be argued that its not good for males.

 

Welcome to equality

[witch]

So tell me, would you REALLY want to wear SCHOOL UNIFORM SHORTS when you are 13 or older? No, I didn't think so!

 

For whatever reason, skirts are acceptable as ''uniform or business wear", and casual shorts are not. Shorts are usually acceptable uniform for boys up to 11 in primary school but after that I don't think any of them would wear them

 

Also, if you read the real story, what the head was saying was that if the girls didn't lengthen their skirts, THEN she would make them wear trousers.

Edited June 20, 2009 by witch

[OverWorked]

It's funny how schools have their own student cultures. Where I am the girls are free to choose, and they all wear tight trousers. It's a particular type of tight trouser that's been 'in' here for years.

 

Last week I visited a school near Blackpool (I won't say which, but those I visited will know where I mean), and every girl wore a very short tight skirt. By short, I mean way too short. I assumed that it wasn't uniform, it was just that the staff were unable to change the student culture there. I'll PM the person concerned and ask.

[nsherin]

Whilst banning is possibly not the best way to go about the issue, the school do need to enforce the 'knee length only' rule consistantly, with sanctions if the rule is not adhered to. As a male member of staff, I'd find the current situation very uncomforatable - and potentially open to allegations from pupils. Although it's not too much of a problem at the school I'm in, sometimes one has to avert their eyes quickly, due to some of the standards of dress of the females.

 

The old battleaxe who dealt with uniform at the school I went to would never have put up with that! Nobody would have dared crossed her either!

 

Some of the reader comments in the Daily Mail article made me laugh though:

 

"Some schoolgirls look like hookers as I drive by them on my way into work. I'm no prude, I think if you've got it, flaunt it, but short skirts are for weekends ONLY, NOT school"

 

The person who wrote that, does have a very valid point though!

[TechMonkey]

We had a protest at our school (as in when I went to school not where I work) where a load of Y11s wore skirts to protest not being allowed to wear shorts. Was hugely funny from our point of view but got stamped on pretty hard. Made the point though. They did all comment on how liberating it felt though!

 

We are re-doing the uniform here as this is becoming more of a problem.

 

Ohh and I dread non-uniform days here sometimes. Better to batten the hatches and stay in the office then fear looking in the wrong place at the wrong time!