January 25, 2006
Male student wears skirts
I just read an amusing article about a male student wearing skirts in protest of his school’s ban of shorts this time of year. He is merely trying to point out the unfairness of the school’s ban of shorts while girls are still allowed to wear short skirts. The school tried to stop him from wearing skirts because of it being “disruptive,” but he ultimately won and will be wearing skirts until April rolls around and shorts are allowed again.
This brings up an interesting point about male and female rights. Although there is no enforcement outside of this specific class, my American Government II instructor, a middle-aged woman, is a real “Nazi” about hats being worn indoors; she will not allow men to wear a hat in the class because it is “disrespectful” according to “well-established” rules of etiquette. However, if a girl wants to wear a hat, it’s just fine. Is that ridiculously unfair or what? Thus, while girls are allowed to wear ridiculously short skirts, men can’t even wear a hat to keep their heads warm in the 63°F classroom because doing so is “rude.”
