Skorts - Unisex or Girls Only

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DoggyBird · 11/04/2026 20:09

Skorts for kids - some suppliers (like Canterbury) say they are unisex - other suppliers (like Slazenger) say that they are exclusively for girls. Any opinions on this? I say they should be unisex.

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Thatcannotberight · 12/04/2026 20:07

Read the Skorts thread on Craicnet. Even women don't want to wear them.
Skorts for boys seem pointless. I tried to find out if boys DO actually wear them in New Zealand, and it doesn't seem so.

Trampoline · 12/04/2026 20:15

DoggyBird · 12/04/2026 19:58

I'm talking about the general principle - can skorts in general be regarded as unisex or are they exclusively for girls? Or are you saying PE skorts are OK for both boys and girls but uniform skorts are only for girls?

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Aren't Skorts designed to look more feminine than shorts? I may get flamed for suggesting this but surely that's where the original idea comes from? I think of tennis or hockey when I think of a skort - but I can't picture Roger Federer wearing one! Canterbury are surely staying PC with their unisex description.
Skorts provide more modesty than shorts - although as i said, not when they barely skim the bum cheeks! Our school has taken them off the uniform list for this very reason.
Shorts, joggers or leggings are allowed. Both boys and girls can wear shorts with or without base layer leggings beneath.

Trampoline · 12/04/2026 20:15

ColdAsAWitches · 12/04/2026 20:16

Skorts are not unisex. They are designed to look like skirts, so they are for girls. There was a big protest in Ireland at camogie players having to wear them. They are uncomfortable and can be difficult to wear with sanitary products. Now that players actually have a choice, less than 5% of players at all ages continue to wear them. Everyone else now wears shorts.

They are definitely not designed with male anatomy in mind. Face it OP, you're on a hiding to nothing with this.

angelikacpickles · 13/04/2026 23:05

DoggyBird · 12/04/2026 19:42

Just a couple of points. I'm not talking about skirts - we are a long way from those being universally accepted as anything other than for girls. But a skort is a hybrid - it has features of both a skirt and shorts and surely it makes the perfect unisex garment. There is only one reason for a boy not wanting to wear a skort and that is because it is at this moment unfashionable to do so. There is nothing intrinsically feminine about a skort.

Second, I am not advocating anyone "puts a boy" in anything. I am advocating for re-categorising the garment itself as unisex, just as jogging bottoms are not a unisex garment, or even jeans can be worn by both genders. Once it is accepted as such, then people can still wear what they like, but those boys who choose a skkort will at least know they are not wearing something made and marketed exclusively for girls.

What you are saying makes no sense though. Most clothes are not intrinsically gendered so anyone can wear them. In practice though, certain items of clothing are generally worn by women and girls and others are worn by men and boys. In that sense, skorts are no more unisex than skirts are - both are usually worn by women and girls but can be worn by men and boys if they wish.

JMSA · 14/04/2026 02:42

They’re for girls.

ScaredOfFlying · 14/04/2026 03:12

Rather than get boys wearing skorts surely the best approach is for everyone just to wear shorts, which are unisex anyway?

BreakingBroken · 14/04/2026 03:39

Skorts and skits are feminine.

Gonnagetgoingreturnsagain · 14/04/2026 04:39

Girls

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