Stowmarket High: Skirts banned at school 'to protect girls' modesty'

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justicewomen · 11/09/2019 23:58

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-49663689

I am appalled at the continued erosion of women and girls rights and freedoms to tackle problems that they are not the cause of

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IsItThough · 12/09/2019 00:47

Pathetic.

ErrolTheDragon · 12/09/2019 00:44

He probably was - but didn't identify the problem properly.
'Skirts are being phased out because we fear some boys may be voyeurs' ...

As it seems the stairs aren't a problem, it's not clear why the option of skirts is being removed.

Goosefoot · 12/09/2019 00:30

I am wondering if he is thinking of up-skirting problems.

ErrolTheDragon · 12/09/2019 00:23

Yeah. Not an impressive headmaster.

RosesAndRaindrops · 12/09/2019 00:19

Ah OK, fair enough but the article did say A school newsletter informed parents that, "with modesty in mind", skirts were no longer considered appropriate even if he did take it back after talking to the contractors (and the parents criticising and WTF'ing!)

ErrolTheDragon · 12/09/2019 00:11

Not exactly.

'Mr Lee-Allan said he thought the glass-sided stairwells could have been another reason for moving away from skirts, but the contractors had assured him this would not be an issue.
He said mentioning modesty in the newsletter was "my error, hands up".'

RosesAndRaindrops · 12/09/2019 00:08

Argh, not another skirt uniform thread lol
If I read that correctly, they're saying skirts are banned because of modesty and glass sided stairwells?
How ridiculous, oh noes people might get a flash of a female leg, pass the smelling salts!
FFS

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