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Academy boys win right to wear shorts

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Boys who wore skirts to school in a protest have won the right to wear shorts to lessons from next year.
The boys from Exeter's ISCA Academy had been told shorts were banned because they were not part of the uniform. Link.
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Wish the men at our work would group together to do this. Ever since we became part of a bigger organisation, my employer has (I feel) unfair dress codes between the sexes. Men have to wear shoes, trousers and long sleeved shirts - v-neck jumpers optional. The women can wear what they like including footwear and in whatever pattern or style they wish as long as they are not wearing anything with a slogan or logo of any sort.

One summer for a couple of days when it reached 35, men were "allowed" to wear shorts but no patterns or multi colours allowed. I think they even had to be a certain length above the knee whereas in any weather, the female staff can wear almost any length clothing or skirts.

So, back to the story, good on these boys - I don't mind dress codes but they have to be equal and fair.
 
Brilliant! Funny, harmless, and most importantly, effective. It will also be a story every one of those boys will be telling for the rest of their lives.
 

Pretty brave boys. Not a sporran in the group!
 
Good on them :thumbs:

I've currently taken to wearing just underpants in my workplace. Cuz that's what it is, MY workplace.:mrgreen:
 
great, but now girls should also be allowed to wear shorts or pants instead of skirts.
 
Chagos said:
Good on them :thumbs:

I've currently taken to wearing just underpants in my workplace. Cuz that's what it is, MY workplace.:mrgreen:
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When I'm away at the retreat in Argyll, I don't bother with anything but we ARE quite a distance from nearest neighbour or roads. Funny thing though, there's always less wildlife around when I'm walking around nekkid...:mrgreen:

Peter King said:
great, but now girls should also be allowed to wear shorts or pants instead of skirts.
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Agreed, I've never worn a skirt in winter nor have I tried woolly tights and skirt so anything that would allow girls the same operating temperature and comfort as boys would be fine.

The focus however is on comfort in the heat.
 

Yes, but if the girls would also be allowed to wear short shorts, they would be much more free in their movement and not be so conscious about protecting their virtue when a bit of wind turns up/or when they sit down.
 
Peter King said:
Yes, but if the girls would also be allowed to wear short shorts, they would be much more free in their movement and not be so conscious about protecting their virtue when a bit of wind turns up/or when they sit down.
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Haha, I take the argument however there are huge pressure on girls to look sexy / mature etc from media so I wonder how many would actually take shorts up. On a weekend these girls certainly don't worry about the shortness of their skirts or the wind blowing skirts up or around.
 

Yes, but then they choose to wear a skirt and risk exposing themselves, now they are forced to wear them (in a school with tons of horny teen boys).

Also, I see loads of girls of today wearing jeans when they go out on the town/shopping. Women are already living in a world that is filled with images of over sexualization of young women every where they look. And if a major in London for example tries to do something about that, he is blamed from all sides for either "caving to the Muslims" or "caving to the feminists".

There is no healthy body image any more for young women, they have to have massive breasts, shaved below so that no hair peaks out of their skimpy bathing suits and have to put on loads of makeup.
 
Peter King said:
Yes, but then they choose to wear a skirt and risk exposing themselves, now they are forced to wear them (in a school with tons of horny teen boys) ~
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Without going too much further down the line of sexualisation of girls, many girls are free to wear other types of clothes at many academies in many parts of the UK.
 
Whatever happened to hotpants?

And I mean the garment, not the condition :mrgreen:
 
Peter King said:
Yes, but if the girls would also be allowed to wear short shorts, they would be much more free in their movement and not be so conscious about protecting their virtue when a bit of wind turns up/or when they sit down.
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You know you can wear shorts under skirts right?
 

That is part of the reason I love my current internship I get to wear my weird peacock feather shorts and shirt with the f-word on it and no one cares. I never really understood office dress codes for people who do not interface with the public or clients. Thought that does not stop me from wearing the same clothes to client meetings either.
 
Carjosse said:
~ I never really understood office dress codes for people who do not interface with the public or clients ~
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My role is public (inter)facing however all I ask is the rules are the same for men and women. At my work, if women can wear flowery or patterned or colourful clothing in all sorts of body fit then so should men. If women can turn up in sandals / heels / loafers etc then so should we have the right of choice. Luckily the senior management woman who seemed to like her men in grey suits has moved on and things may relax but many men have since reported getting slight odd once overs from other senior women when they tried small changes to test the waters.

Those once overs are not complimentary apparently.
 
Peter King said:
yes, but I do not know if such a thing would be allowed under the dress code of a school.
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Do you really think a teacher wants to be accused of peaking under girl's skirts to check? That would be like a school dictating what colour underwear a student can wear.
 

I always found that incredibly stupid, it benefits no one to restrict men in what they can wear.
 
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