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Headteacher bans skirts as if too short they 'put girls at risk'

329 replies

Northernlurker · 14/06/2010 19:51

here

I was pretty apalled by this - banning skirts because they give out 'signals' and the girls are putting themselves at risk by wearing them????
Thankfully my daughter doesn't attend that school but I have e-mailed the school address protesting at these comments. What does anybody else think?

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bigstripeytiger · 14/06/2010 19:54

To be fair though, the article doesnt say what they are felt to be at risk of. Inclement weather could certainly be an issue in a too-short skirt.

StealthPolarBear · 14/06/2010 19:54

just from your title, I was a bit shocked. I can understand a headtecher banning short skirts in general (a decency/smartness thing), but to do it because girls are more likely to be attcked puts the blame for anything like this on the victim. And sends out the message that men are OK with a knee length skirt but any shorter than that and they become animals with no way of controllign themselves.

PortiaNovmerriment · 14/06/2010 19:54

Ridiculous. Girls have been hiking their skirts up forever. At risk of what, exactly?

TheFallenMadonna · 14/06/2010 19:53

I had to teach this in a PSHE class last year. I started a thread about it. It makes me profoundly uncomfortable to teach that girls are giving out "rape me" signals by the way they dress.