https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... den-intent
Some of the comments are interesting such as
Equally, for reasons of comfort in summer, boys should be allowed to wear skirts.
At my kids' school, uniform is compulsory but, so long as it is worn in full (i.e. you can't mix and match) there is no restriction on which uniform you wear. The boys are welcome to buy and wear the girls' uniform and vice versa. Not many boys do, but it's not unheard of.
My co-ed school brought in a trouser option for the young ladies in the mid-1990s, without controversy. Of course, this was a time before the culture wars had discovered gender as a battleground.
As it happens, very few girls actually wore the trousers. Most preferred skirts and dresses, and some - gasp! - aggressively tailored the hemlines above the knee.
I’m in favour of allowing girls and women to choose, I personally prefer dresses, far more comfortable. My girls chose dresses for school uniform when they were tiny, trousers in junior school then skirts in secondary school. Choice! The idea that women want to wear gender less clothes is false, my daughters current school switched girls to wearing trousers only last year and she and her friends have successfully lobbied to be allowed to wear skirts again.