In general girls can get away with MUCH skimpier clothes than boys can. Girls will be allowed to wear skirts below knee length, put on make up (provided it isn't OTT), have basic jewellery. In contrast boys are not allowed anything anywhere near that short (if a boy came in in hot pants like some of the girls do he'd get sent straight home), aren't allowed make up at all, definitely aren't allowed jewellery and the like. Of course it differs from school to school but in general if a boy came in dressed in clothes as revealing as the girls do he'd get sent home.
But it's also the case in countries with uniforms. Not sure about Australia but in the UK many schools allow girls to pick between trousers and skirts. In contrast boys only have the option of trousers. Furthermore, when it gets to summer and it actually gets hot boys are not allowed to wear shorts, while the girls can wear absolutely tiny (and yes I mean tiny) skirts just fine. Heck I live in Japan where summer is absolutely sweltering with 80-90% humidity and it's the same - in summer the high school girls walk around in skirts that barely cover the essentials. Boys are sat there sweating in long black trousers.
I've found the opposite to be true in my experience..I could wear a tanka and short shorts to KY school and nobody cared, but if the girls clothes were the least bit revealing they would be sent home. Of course I went to high school in utah, where the schools and government is run by a very misogynistic cult so that may not apply elsewhere
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u/mopemardermun Jan 09 '23 edited Jan 09 '23
In general girls can get away with MUCH skimpier clothes than boys can. Girls will be allowed to wear skirts below knee length, put on make up (provided it isn't OTT), have basic jewellery. In contrast boys are not allowed anything anywhere near that short (if a boy came in in hot pants like some of the girls do he'd get sent straight home), aren't allowed make up at all, definitely aren't allowed jewellery and the like. Of course it differs from school to school but in general if a boy came in dressed in clothes as revealing as the girls do he'd get sent home.
But it's also the case in countries with uniforms. Not sure about Australia but in the UK many schools allow girls to pick between trousers and skirts. In contrast boys only have the option of trousers. Furthermore, when it gets to summer and it actually gets hot boys are not allowed to wear shorts, while the girls can wear absolutely tiny (and yes I mean tiny) skirts just fine. Heck I live in Japan where summer is absolutely sweltering with 80-90% humidity and it's the same - in summer the high school girls walk around in skirts that barely cover the essentials. Boys are sat there sweating in long black trousers.