to think there can be no justification for not allowing trousers for primary girls

[Napoliforte]

DD never wears skirts or dresses outside of school, she wears jeans and leggings and trousers and shorts. At school she's forced to wear a school skirt, and as of half term, a summer dress. We asked could she wear trousers, or the tracksuit joggers she has for PE, or smart shorts, but all were rejected. They are not seen as "smart" or traditional. AIBU to think this is silly and very sexist?

[NoLoveofMine]

How many boys do you think are complaining

Even aside from boys I know about, five seconds on Google suggests quite a few:

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-36868781

metro.co.uk/2011/05/10/chris-whitehead-wears-skirt-to-school-in-protest-against-schools-uniform-policy-6848/

[waterlego6064]

When choosing secondary schools, my DD discounted our local girls' comp on the basis that they have to wear skirts (and it's a regulation ankle-length skirt). I don't know what would happen if a student turned up there in trousers, but there's certainly no mention of trousers in their uniform policy, and I've never seen any of their pupils in anything other than the regulation skirt.

At my secondary (early 90s) girls were not allowed to wear trousers. We for a petition up but the Head wasn't interested. Not long after my year group left, they change the policy to include trousers for girls.

[AndNowItIsSeven]

Your let your dd choose her own high school waterleho?

[AndNowItIsSeven]

*lego

[waterlego6064]

Pretty much. AndNow BUT...we are lucky to live in a town with several really nice High schools. If that hadn't been the case, we would probably have tried to have Moreno influence. As it happened, her first and second choices were the same as ours. Third choice not so much but even that wouldn't have been problematic really. Luckily she got her (and our) first choice.

[waterlego6064]

More, not Moreno 😂

[Railgunner1]

When a school has a daft uniform policy, i'd be suspicious of what other nonsense goes in there