I thought as much Stevie. If boys are shying away from a kilt in Scotland, then what chance does a skort have?STEVIE wrote: ↑Thu Sep 21, 2023 6:32 pmApologies BM,Barleymower wrote: ↑Thu Sep 21, 2023 5:14 pm Stevie my question seems to be lost in the ether. What about a skort kilt? Would that work?
My honest answer has to be I don't know.
My very jaundiced view of kilts is well publicised already and I do doubt that they'd work in Scotland.
My neighbour's 11 year old daughter attends a local private school and her uniform is a kilted skirt.
She told me the boys are allowed to wear a kilt but they choose not to and we all know why, don't we?
The trouser option for girls starts at secondary, can't wait is her opinion.
The Scots kid who has recently been reported as wearing girl uniform and for now, it's ok because he is 7.
Try it aged 13 and he will have to be able to look after himself.
Who knows, in 6 years skirts of any form may be de rigueur for boys and men, evolution and time will tell.
We may not be comparing eggs with eggs. What I mean is, enticing boys to wear skirts who would otherwise not bother is a loss. They are not going to do it unless there is something in it for them eg female attention.
The target group has to be boys who want greater choice in what they wear also the stigma in boys wearing what is perceived as girls clothes needs ro be gone.
That's why I thought the skort kilt might work. But if boys in Scotland won't wear a kilt, why would boys in England or anywhere else wear one?
"Try it aged 13 and he will have to be able to look after himself"
I am facing the same question with BM junior. That is what will happen at senior school? He thought he could wear normal uniform for boys and skirts when heading into town. It came as a surprise to him that news of his skirt wearing would reach school at lightning speed.