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04-13-2016, 09:15 AM
Students told to keep skirts below the knee because of boys and male staff
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Students at a New Zealand school are using the power of media to fight back after they were told their skirt hemlines were too short for school.
It wasn't the fact they were short that was the actual problem, it was that the school advised the reason for the rule was because it was a problem for boys and male staff. Yep.
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A group of girls attending Henderson High in Auckland were spoken to after a uniform inspection regarding the length of their skirts, according to Newshub (http://www.newshub.co.nz/nznews/school-skirts-stirring-controversy-2016040917#ixzz45JEvELeW). The girls were told if they didn't lower their skirts below their knees they would be given detention.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/13/skirts-short-school/)
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Students at a New Zealand school are using the power of media to fight back after they were told their skirt hemlines were too short for school.
It wasn't the fact they were short that was the actual problem, it was that the school advised the reason for the rule was because it was a problem for boys and male staff. Yep.
SEE ALSO: 6 ways students are fighting back against ***ist school dress codes (http://mashable.com/2015/05/31/***ist-school-dress-codes/?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=)
A group of girls attending Henderson High in Auckland were spoken to after a uniform inspection regarding the length of their skirts, according to Newshub (http://www.newshub.co.nz/nznews/school-skirts-stirring-controversy-2016040917#ixzz45JEvELeW). The girls were told if they didn't lower their skirts below their knees they would be given detention.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/13/skirts-short-school/)
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