Can a Boy Wear a Skirt to School?

By JAN HOFFMAN
Published: November 6, 2009

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/08/fashion/08cross.html?_r=1

BY now, most high school dress codes have just about done away with the guesswork.

Girls: no midriff-baring blouses, stiletto heels, miniskirts.

Boys: no sagging pants, muscle shirts.

But do the math.

"Rules" + "teenager" = "challenges."

If the skirt is an acceptable length, can a boy wear it?

Can a girl attend her prom in a tuxedo?

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and place for comments from students

http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/09/can-a-boy-wear-a-skirt-to-school/

Students: Tell us your views on whether schools should make rules about "gender bending" dress. Do you think your generation is more open-minded about this issue? If so, why? In general, do you agree that how you dress is "code" for who you are?

No! we should not allow boys to wear dresses or skirts, because it will lead to men wanting to wear skirts.



And it leads to the emasculating of men.  And making them into sissies.




Janet

Quote"It's hard enough to get kids to concentrate on an algorithm — even without Jimmy sitting there in lipstick and fake eyelashes," said Kay Hymowitz, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute.

I guess this teacher has never heard of a teachable moment...

Sure, I wore skirts to school for years. 

Quote from: CodyJess on November 07, 2009, 02:11:37 PM
Sure, I wore skirts to school for years. 

EEEp! Cody, how could you? I would have been way too embarrassed.