School brings in trousers only rule for all pupils - schoolgirls said to be in tears ...

It doesn't matter why or how they roll up their skirts.

If it was an all girls school, unless one really old fashioned notions of modesty, it wouldn't be a problem.

It is because society which only validates boys behaviour is that if they do roll up their skirts "they are asking for it".

And these naughty provocative girls should learn early on that even when it isn't their fault, they will be told it is.

Which is what you are doing.

What sort of "feminist" message is that.

No but you can give them choices, trousers or skirts it's really not hard

Braces and big boobs do not work. The poor lass will just be picking the straps up off her arms all day.

And who sells this nonsense in secondary age sizes? Pinafores are primary school stuff.

I'm sure that most parents don't know how to sew a pinafore dress, nor own a sewing machine.

Bit, surely they get too hot and faint? I'm often stepping over be-trousered girls on the street that have passed out....

I judge the parents TBH, well those who object to the trousers I mean. That is just feeding the girls with contrariness for something that's eminently sensible for a school uniform in a mixed sex setting.

Remember it is not mandatory to roll your skirt up to your arse, but I really do think the girls who do this are trying to attract attention from the boys. If they wear trousers that won't happen. You can say that is sexist, I don't care, they have a choice and the amount of time spent policing girls crotch visibility is ridiculous.

As for needing twenty different trouser types for different shapes, easily solved with e.g. barrell leg or jog pant versions. When these girls are floating down the High Street on a Saturday afternoon to meet and gaggle with their mates, none of them are wearing crotch revealing skirts, oh no, so they do like trousers after all!

I'm sure that most parents don't know how to sew a pinafore dress, nor own a sewing machine.

Trousers are designed for people with 2 legs

I absolutely hated skirts at school because of chub rub, it was very difficult.

I now never wear skirts

You cant please everyone.

Not if they just have bands/braces to hold the skirt bit up, except they're not detachable so the skirt hangs at the length it is and cant be moved upwards

In any case, yet again, a solution found, but a barrier is put in place.

DD went to a non uniform school along with millions of girls around the world. She wore jeans or shorts every day from age 4-18 without any issue.

I’m sure a fabric can be found to solve this 🙄

I judge the parents TBH, well those who object to the trousers I mean. That is just feeding the girls with contrariness for something that's eminently sensible for a school uniform in a mixed sex setting.

Remember it is not mandatory to roll your skirt up to your arse, but I really do think the girls who do this are trying to attract attention from the boys. If they wear trousers that won't happen. You can say that is sexist, I don't care, they have a choice and the amount of time spent policing girls crotch visibility is ridiculous.

As for needing twenty different trouser types for different shapes, easily solved with e.g. barrell leg or jog pant versions. When these girls are floating down the High Street on a Saturday afternoon to meet and gaggle with their mates, none of them are wearing crotch revealing skirts, oh no, so they do like trousers after all!

The problem with pinafores is that they make your whole torso too hot.

The problem with pinafores is that they make your whole torso too hot.

I judge the parents TBH, well those who object to the trousers I mean. That is just feeding the girls with contrariness for something that's eminently sensible for a school uniform in a mixed sex setting.

Remember it is not mandatory to roll your skirt up to your arse, but I really do think the girls who do this are trying to attract attention from the boys. If they wear trousers that won't happen. You can say that is sexist, I don't care, they have a choice and the amount of time spent policing girls crotch visibility is ridiculous.

As for needing twenty different trouser types for different shapes, easily solved with e.g. barrell leg or jog pant versions. When these girls are floating down the High Street on a Saturday afternoon to meet and gaggle with their mates, none of them are wearing crotch revealing skirts, oh no, so they do like trousers after all!

But if girls just adhered to the rules then we wouldn’t even be discussing this.

if girls are so desperate to wear skirts due to periods or fainting or whatever then I agree with another poster to bring back the pinafore (knee length). Then they can’t be hitched. Pinafore or trousers for all.

The judging of young girls on here is bloody awful.

@IwantToRetire
In the name of 'equality' lets
Make it so all the boys have to wear kilts.......

Amazing how on a supposedly feminist forum so many are saying it is because women are the problem that this has had to happen.

Just shows that girls shouldn't have to go to school with boys, as it limits their rights!

So why is it being standardised as default male? And why are girls being told to moderate male behaviour? Get boys to stop upskirting, rather than get girls to change their behaviour.

Loads of women wear trousers everyday. No issue.

Yeah but as an adult female you have choices about how you deal with periods.

As a teen girl I didn’t even have a choice about towels or tampons because we lived miles from shops. Thick tights and a skirt saved my embarrassment a few times when I wasn’t prepared.
I know schools are equipped these days but trousers are still unforgiving of random bleeds.

Women are not being erased. However, they are being asked to conform to traditional male behaviour in a way that men NEVER are. As I said earlier, unisex always means women being allowed to wear/do men’s stuff. Never the other way round.