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I came across the video on YouTube about a discussion about girls being banned from wearing skirts at school in an equality drive to get all girls wearing trousers. I was thinking if they want equality then they should respect pupils want for fashion freedom where boys can wear skirts too (if they want that) and vice versa and everyone will be happy.

One of the comments I found interesting was an austistic woman saying she cannot wear trousers due to sensory overload and she finds skirts much better.

Males were always ridiculed for looking feminine now it looks like the attack in now on females themselves getting ridiculed for looking feminine.

https://youtu.be/GavMEeqKbmc?si=yCFWiMxe87Arbpiv

There are different ways of looking at this. One the one hand, it could be argued that both girls and boys should be given a choice to maximise their comfort and afford a tiny degree of personal style. Some airlines have this for cabin crew. On the other hand, it could be argued that the point of uniform is uniformity. You wear whatever you please in your own time but, when at school, we want all kids identically attired. This is usual for the military and the fire service. It's not really a gender issue either way.

There are recurring problems with uniform skirts for schoolkids, though. Post-pubescent girls will always want to push the envelope when it comes to length and this is for most schools the most prevalent uniform issue and the bane of teachers' lives. To keep on top of this requires staff to be constantly checking skirt-lengths and sanctioning students for breaches which are always occurring. This detracts from learning as children end up being segregated or sent home. It distracts staff from their other responsibilities and can be especially embarrassing for male teachers with their eyes on girls' legs. If they neglect to keep a check on skirt lengths, the girls end up looking like, well, hookers and that's not a good look for the school - and it puts the girls at risk from predatory men.

In a totally rational society, the simple answer would be trousers for all in the colder months, and summer dresses for all from, say, 1st May onwards in the Northern Hemisphere. But that's not going to happen any time soon.