Stu wrote:The claim that boys can wear skirts is dishonest - it gives a illusion of equality and nothing more. In reality, boys can't wear skirts for school; the authorities know they can't and they wouldn't be pushing this through if they really believed there would be masses of boys taking up the opportunity. The inequality remains.
The inequality doesn't come from the school, it is in our society. If the school expunges the inequality from its rules, you can hardly blame the school for the remaining inequality. Nobody expects large numbers of boys to turn up in skirts all of a sudden, but that is because the societal pressure on boys and men to wear trousers is so great and so ingrained. It would never cross most boys' minds to wear a skirt. But once it is allowed, one or two may try it. We should be pleased that the authorities are willing to explicitly allow it.