To think this was inappropriate work attire?

[Catchyouontheflipside]

Dc’s school (not my place of work).

One of the teachers (year 1) was wearing a very short skirt and tights. The skirt barely covered her backside.

Nothing wrong with the outfit for outside of work, or a different work environment but something about it just seemed wrong in a primary school.

AIBU to think this isn’t really suitable for the classroom?

I'm also surprised by the responses here. No it's not appropriate. Also, when working with young children, you get down on the floor to help children and often have to kneel next to them etc. So either it's a sign that she's not doing this...... Or she's uncomfortable when she does!

To me it's unprofessional and lacks maturity. Older woman who do it are just trying to make a point imo.

Obviously this isn’t the same but I bought a dress that happened to be the same as a friends…. On her (very slim) it came down to just above the knee so fine for then office with tights etc & a cardi

on me however (curvy) it looked like a bodycon dress and barely covered my bum!

maybe she fell victim to the curves, maybe she had a laundry disaster & that was the best she had, or maybe she just likes that dress and if she was wearing tights was all fine?

No.156 in a long list of 100000 ways to criticise teachers 🙄🙄🙄

Miao, jealous much. Calling a teacher (or any woman) ‘a big lump’ is awful.

I'm a teacher (albeit retired) and yes I hate teacher bashing threads. But this isn't one. There's no generalising about us going on. It's a question about one teacher and we're not all perfect. A knee jerk defence of every single teacher who might be wrong or ill advised doesn't help us at all.

A barely bum covering skirt, albeit with tights, is neither practical or professional for year1 teacher. And it's okay to say that.

When l used to volunteer in a school, there was a dress code and this would not have been allowed which l think is fair enough

YANBU, professional attire does not include bum level skirts to me, but then again, I work in an office environment and the dress code seems to have gone out the window in recent months/last year or so. People have started to show midriffs, spaghetti straps, jumpers that look like they should have been binned years ago, and T-shirts under zip up jackets.

My daughter is a primary teacher and yes it would be deemed inappropriate but the school will jump on it if they feel there is an issue.

That said where she works has a rule that if a female teacher wants to wear an above the knee dress or skirt they must wear shorts under it.

So for example my daughter has some very smart, formal just above the knee dresses. Whatever the season she wears a pair of thin material cycling shorts under them including in the winter if she is wearing tights.

You don’t have to look long at someone to see what they are wearing. Also teachers should dress respectfully. I remember young boys trying to look up teachers skirt ( which is normal) so she should be more aware.

No it's not suitable, especially in an environment where little boys will be noticing (and yr 5 & 6 will most definitely notice!).

I worked in a secondary school where a pastoral lead wore very high heels with very short skirts and bare legs, also inappropriate with young lads around!

That's not saying no females can ever wear short skirts if males are likely to be around; but in the work place where the female is in a position of authority and the males are boys, not men, then yes it is inappropriate

I couldn’t care less what my children’s teachers are wearing ! As long as they are good at their jobs and giving my children a good education that’s all I am concerned with not the length of their skirt !

I'm a younger female and yeah I'd say YANBU.

I'm all for wear what you like but there's something that just doesn't sit right with me when I see women in any work environment wearing short short skirts even with tights. It just shouts unprofessional to me, nothing to do with being modest. The same goes to really really low cut plunging tops

Anything you would wear to a nightclub is unlikely to be appropriate in a professional setting.

Wouldn't matter if she was dressed like a prostitute, she's teaching the kids isn't she? And what it's telling them is that that is how women like to dress so they are used to it

This is my Bad Take of the Day. Congrats.

How short was it really?

It always makes me laugh that whenever I saw a woman wearing those just-covering-the-arse skirts, they spent all their time yanking them down.

I am glad that a majority can see the importance of a dress code, even if it is a small majority. Also glad that my kids go to a school where this just wouldn’t happen.

It’s about having professional standards. No short skirts. She’s there as a role model.

I’m not one to usually police what women wear but I think we’ve gone too far on the ‘progression’ side of things and that mini skirts are inappropriate for a working environment, especially with children.

@LydiaBennetsUglyBonnet absolutely. Imagine children with legs seeing another persons legs! So many legs. Disgusting

No it's not suitable, especially in an environment where little boys will be noticing (and yr 5 & 6 will most definitely notice!). I worked in a secondary school where a pastoral lead wore very high heels with very short skirts and bare legs, also inappropriate with young lads around!

So women should cover up in case men get over-excited by legs? Perhaps men should learn to control themselves?

there are some absolutely Victorian views on this thread.

@Doorpalms do you go to work in your pyjamas? Or underwear? Or a crop top and hot pants?

If not why not?

I’ve also worked in a school and you are taught to be very wary of pupils misconstruing something especially those who have an infatuation with you. To me I wouldn’t encourage that. One teacher used to wear miniskirts and cleavage baring tops and complained the hormonal teenager boys all stared at her and fancied her.

It isn't professional. Most professions have a work attire or code that needs to be followed. Also depending on the age of the children you could be doing a lot of bending to tie laces, put on shoes, clean snotty noses etc.