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

i have no idea which school you are referring too? And simply because one ( private) school decides to make children uncomfortable while they learn that doesnt mean that all children should be??? undoubtedly the private school will have air conditioning whereas our local school was forced to shut for several days as the temp reached 44 in the assembly hall. Therefore , the Guardian article is relevant.

Life’s tough. Good test of resilience.

Since when do most secondary mids giving a s* about looking smart at school?

The girls are wearing skirts just barely covering their arses.... Loads of kids jay shirts untucked, scruffy jackets etc.

Nice and cool then compared to your polyester Asda standards. Think yourself lucky

What?????
So when I went off to do nursing and had to wear thick black tights every day, I was disadvantaged?
What about boys and their sweaty dangly bits?
I wear trousers every day at school and guess what? I am absolutely fine! Even going through the menopause!

I would have killed to be allowed to wear trousers as part of my school uniform, they are so practical, and no need to wear tights in winter, lord I hate tights. However dds school recently introduced trousers as an alternative to skirts and only one or two girls in the whole school wear them. I mean they aren't fabulous trousers, but they are better that the awful a-line skirt. And none of the girls wear skirts outside of school, its all leggings and jeans, I just don't get it.

It would be difficult to find smart uniform trousers for curvy girls or those who are short or tall.

No they're not 😂😂😂 we don't like live in the 18880s you know....

We know about biology, but its laughable to make out girls are going to .....

'suffer' - tick
'impact on learning - tick

Some nice trigger phrases there designed to cause alarm

Schools break up in the 3rd week of July, not the hottest part of the year

Girls have been going to school in trousers for years anyway

what about thos posh schools where they were long heavy skirts and woolen tights all year round?

Trousers are so uncomfortable if you have an hourglass figure I hated my school uniform trousers in the 70s but there was such a backlash they were only compulsory for a year. I haven't worn trousers as an adult rarely wear jeans as in haven't owned a pair for 20 years. Forcing girls to wear clothes primarily designed for boys is patently unfair.

Ok?

My kids school uniform is "grey trousers".

I think schools should have a choice of long skirts or trousers as a uniform, with tailored knee-length shorts as a summer option for both sexes.

A midi length (mid calf) skirt with an elasticated back and an adjustable wrapover front panel would solve most size/shape problems and probably last a couple of years on most girls.

The skirt-rolling phenomenon is ridiculous and I am not surprised that schools are fed up with it.

Or just buy trousers. It isn’t about looking good, it’s about putting some clothes on and going to school.

Trousers are default men’s clothes. Once again, “unisex” means something male that women are allowed to have. Funny how it never works the other way!

A pair of trousers is making no difference, otherwise women all over wearing trousers would be collapsing.

My child wears cotton flannel trousers as complusory school uniform.....

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/jul/18/women-greater-risk-heatwaves-men-extreme-weather-study

here is a nice accessible guardian article which explains it!

😂😂😂😂😂😂

... right.

Look at all those girls already wearing trousers fainting every day at school. 😂

Um its science! Google it!

Cotton flannel trousers? Are you talking to us from 1948?

Bloody hell thats a reach.

Is there anything that women and girls cant be made out to be victims?

Its one uniform for around 6 hours of the week day max and only applies during the summer really.

Heat stress now.

Newsflash! Male and female bodies are different! Trousers are absolutely fine in the winter but to wear cotton flannel trousers in the summer, for girls, is a health risk which doesnt impact boys the same way, or they would have ensured that they wore shorts for the last 100 years!

Well that would be fine if men and women responded to heat stress i n the same way..... however, due to biology, they dont!! Women sweat less and find it more difficult to cool down naturally than men. Therefore girls will suffer more from wearing trousers in the summer time than boys will, which will impact their learning.

Do boys wear shorts in the summer?

Trousers by the way are not male attire, they're just trousers.

No, they'll wear trousers.

Like boys had to for decades...