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Should Guys Be Allowed to Wear Skirts in School?

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Some schools place limits on how much skin a girl can show -- how short her skirt is, etc. -- but Calvert High School in Maryland is trying to flesh out how that applies to one student's unique take on the dress code. Warren Evans, a bisexual student at Calvert High, was suspended for wearing a skirt, and he says it doesn't violate the school's dress code.

Evans told NBC Washington, "I don't think [it violated the dress code]. Why not? It didn’t say anywhere in the code of conduct or dress code that says boys can't dress like girls ... Some people aren't tolerant of that type of thing." Officials have not commented publicly on the situation, but say the dress code is not gender-specific. Some parents have sided with the school, arguing that boys in dresses would be a distraction. Do you think guys should be allowed to wear skirts during school hours?

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  • JD 2013/01/06 10:51:28
  • Scrappy Coco 2012/12/23 14:59:57
    Yes
    Scrappy Coco
    +1
    My answer would be why not? I mean really it's ok for a women to wear whatever she wants, but a guy can't? To me thats just bs! At some point men need to stand up for there rights and fight this kind of bs. Just my quick 2 cents!
  • Ejayt7 Scrappy... 2013/02/20 17:13:17
    Ejayt7
    It is alright for a man to wear klit but a skirt is a woman clothing. He differently doesn't look like a boy. He is in drag. drag
  • Scrappy... Ejayt7 2013/03/17 20:35:00
    Scrappy Coco
    Um I hate to tell you but there is a big difference between someone in drag and a man wearing a skirt. Just because I put on a skirt does not make me look like a women or someone in drag. I still look like a man just I'm wearing a skirt. Just like a women when she wears a skirt she still looks like a women. And I'll leave it at that!
  • Patagoniakid 2012/12/18 23:20:56
    Yes
    Patagoniakid
    Let's get something straight in the beginning about kilts not being skirts...
    Totally wrong! A kilt IS a skirt by definition... look it up in any dictionary! A kilt is just a particular type of skirt that is usually tartan, hot, heavy and costly. Men have worn skirts far longer than women throughout time and still do as an option to pants in 70% of the world today.

    Anyone who thinks pants (crotch seams and tubes of cloth) make more sense for males than females has never tried on a skirt. Guys can even rock mini skirts: http://answers.yahoo.com/ques...

    And if you still don't think guys can't rock skirts see these guys and note they still look like guys just as women in pants look like women: http://www.picturetrail.com/s... and http://s364.beta.photobucket.... These are obviously not cross dressers trying to look like women soooo knowing all this why would anyone object unless they were a sexually insecure homophobic idiot...
  • Charles Patagon... 2012/12/23 17:44:54
    Charles
    I've seen Scots get RED FACED WITH HYSTERIA when someone calls kilts skirts. Yes, they are in a state of denial, but why? Because so much of the Western world regards skirts as female only, and they want to distance themselves from accusations of effeminacy. So many different types of "single tube" leg garments have been worn by men across time, and still in today's world, the Scots are far from the only group, it makes no sense to designate skirts only for women. That's just habit. Petticoats are as appropriate for men and boys as for style selfish females, provided they wear them for rational reasons (comfort, it looks better, not for impersonation) but to clarify, I would not forbid impersonation as a so called art form, if I could forbid it, but won't patronize it.
    boys tutu
  • Patagon... Charles 2012/12/25 22:42:48
    Patagoniakid
    Well said! It's like the word "gay"... it used to mean happy or jovial and idiots ruined a perfectly good word. Now they are working on skirts by designating them for women only yet men have worn skirts far longer than women throughout time! (many of those would qualify as "micro mini" skirts today! Ref: http://answers.yahoo.com/ques...
  • art pixels 2012/11/20 13:41:22
    Yes
    art pixels
    +2
    Let people do what they want. The idea of a man wearing a dress isn't bad. What, do you think sin flies up his skirt or something?
  • Charles 2012/11/17 06:28:13
    Yes
    Charles
    +2
    Does he call himself bisexual, or is someone calling him that because he wants to wear a skirt? Because if it's just wanting the skirt, no possible way does that make him bisexual. This much is immediately clear---he is not dressing like a girl by wearing a skirt. Absolutely not! Skirts hang from the waist, they go around both legs together. No difference of anatomy, no sex difference. Confusing a style difference with a sex difference is a serious error, which in this case, almost everyone makes, and they are so wrong! Both sexes are born naked, THEN we raise females with a CHOICE, and males with NO CHOICE, even though choice is HUMAN! We teach females and males that skirts are strictly for females! Arbitrary nonsense! By the way, all these box of rocks stupid "Christians" here don't know that until just after 1900, CHRISTIAN parents here raised their sons in DRESSES, SKIRTS and PETTICOATS till age 6! We have this asinine attitude that femininity is flexible, but masculinity is rigid. It's ONLY because you dumb bunnies are TREATING it that way! What passes for masculinity, is mere INHIBITION---we raise males to be inhibited as to using clothes for variety and expression, THEN we assure them it's natural for them to shun expressive attire! No wonder men die earlier---we restrict men in SO many senseless, CRUEL ways!
  • AndrewbieJones 2012/11/15 23:59:37
    Yes
    AndrewbieJones
    +1
    People complain about gays/lesbians making out in public. Please, I have seen straight people downright trying to have sex in the mall parking lot... AND NOT IN A CAR. America is for freedom, and if you can't realize that, you might as well get your passport and leave. Cya. Bye. :)
  • Blueskys 2012/10/19 14:28:41
    Yes
    Blueskys
    But we CAN laugh at them.
  • Charles Blueskys 2012/12/23 17:32:53
    Charles
    Yeah, just like the Italian nobles laughed at the trouser wearing CLOWN, Pantalone, in mid 16th century Comedy of the Arts! That's where the word "pants" comes from! "Pants" worn by men on a coercive basis is suggestive of being out of breath as in panting, and being full of "ants." PANTS worn by men are a symbol of SLAVERY, because slaves have no choices! Society only wants to recognize freedom for females! Look how you deceive yourself out of your rights by "thinking" that skirts are female because of STUPID associative reasoning! Show me that only females have a waist and legs, pal!

    pantalone
  • Elena 2012/10/03 06:53:51
    Yes
    Elena
    +2
    Of course. This is America. We can wear whatever the hell we want as long as it's decent. However, I can think of three reasons schools might not allow this
    1. They are uncomfortable with a guy wearing typically girl clothing. I understand this, and I would find it a little strange if a guy at my school wore a skirt, but it's not a valid reason. High school is (partially) about figuring out who you are and opening your mind.
    2. They realize that a guy in a skirt and heels would be distracting/uncomfortable for the other students. This is a little more valid, but the other students should just learn to deal with it.
    3. They are trying to limit bullying, as it is likely this guy will be bullied mercilessly for showing up at public high school in a girl's outfit. But honestly, they should be addressing the bullies, not the victims if this is the case. He SHOULD be able to go to school in whatever he wants without being tortured for it.
  • Blueskys Elena 2012/10/19 14:50:43
    Blueskys
    Oh come on the idiot would be provoking attack.

    Lets just say it flat out.

    He is pretending to be a girl and mixing in society and Screwing with Men's instincts.

    Men react to women because they are real WOMEN, who they admire.

    Men don't want fakers shoved at them screwing up with our instincts, destroying sex drives

    and sex lives, destroying our dreams, demanding protection because he is a 'girl' and not

    carrying his weight as a man.

    We are allowed to protect ourselves and drive these posers away.
  • art pixels Blueskys 2012/11/20 13:12:21
    art pixels
    +12
    Wearing a dress doesn't mean he's pretending to be a girl.

    More importantly, what you're saying now is surely what they said about women wearing pants. "She's pretending to be a man!!!! However will my son know he's supposed to stick his dick in her???"
  • Charles Blueskys 2012/12/09 18:55:23
    Charles
    +2
    I feel the need to state that I have never, and will not ever, advocate that men present as women, or impersonate women. There are some situations in which legal penalties are imposed for not accurately identifying oneself. That said, men can wear almost as many styles as women, while still presenting as men. The only style exception would be a dress made to accommodate breasts, or to show breast cleavage. BC display is by nature a female monopoly and men are not discriminated because they can't legitimately do it. Men get a monopoly on facial hair as in beards. A man not totally clean shaved is dressed more like a man regardless of garments, than any man in blue jeans without facial hair. Some men insist on calling themselves crossdressers and presenting as women because they haven't the intellect to analyze society's designation of skirts/fancy clothes as female only, also, they are over reacting to society refusing to allow men choices. They have stepped across a real line and gone too far. A final point--many battles of long ago saw men in skirts, ending the lives of men in pants. Skirts does not "wimpify."
  • Matthew 2012/07/20 17:23:04
    No
    Matthew
    +1
    NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
  • Baby Lucy :$ 2012/07/07 21:17:15
    Yes
    Baby Lucy :$
    +1
    You bet, why not?
  • RWM Baby Lu... 2012/09/24 22:39:21 (edited)
    RWM
    +1
    Well if they can do that,. How about if I wear my Halloween Party Costume (Frankenstein) all year round? To the mall. church, formal dinners, etc. Thats discrimination.? casper the friendly ghost
  • Lord Emperor of Dune 2012/06/25 23:28:57
    No
    Lord Emperor of Dune
    +2
    There comes a point when we just have to say "no, that's not okay, especially in a public school". Be gay all you want, but we must hold on to some standard...
  • RWM Lord Em... 2012/09/24 22:35:24
    RWM
    Thats right and we must respect Common Sense Law, along with respecting our fellow citizens. And we do need to hold on to some kind of a standard, to keep this irregular experience in due bounds. . Cause everythang ain't for everybody. You know what I mean? And to not have gays forcing their will on ppl with this transparent bs.
  • Brosia 2012/06/17 23:23:52
    Yes
    Brosia
    +3
    I can wear pants, why should they be banned from wearing skirts.

    Besides, he totally has the legs for it.
  • Ejayt7 Brosia 2013/02/20 17:16:54
    Ejayt7
    I think you mean kilt! kilt
  • Brosia Ejayt7 2013/02/24 22:30:53
    Brosia
    Kilts are great, but not what I meant. I mean that men should be allowed to wear skirts. But I have to place a caveat that was not there before. Men should never wear short skirts. Or short shorts. It looks very wrong.

    man in short skirt
  • Logan 2012/06/15 21:32:28
    Yes
    Logan
    +3
    To everyone who believes that boys should dress "like boys" and girls should dress "like girls" is a silly rule made up by society. You should be able to wear what ever you want no matter whats "between the legs" its JUST ATTIRE people who's to say because your THIS you cant WEAR THAT.
  • owen 2012/06/13 00:41:39
  • Charles owen 2012/12/09 18:45:09
    Charles
    +1
    Let em inject yours with MSG. People like you who feel entitled to control the sovereign affairs of other free people are SO sickening! Mind your own business, if you don't want to wear skirts, just don't.
  • owen Charles 2012/12/13 11:03:45
    owen
    Send them all to Alaska in miniskirts
  • Charles owen 2012/12/16 15:39:00
    Charles
    You have no knowledge as to the historical causation of either basic garment, you merely know what the current social habits are, and can't conscience any variation from it. People have always been against change. But if it wins the majority over, they cease opposition, and are comfortable with it. This shows they can't reason and don't wish to try. 95% of the causation of pants was as a horseback riding garment for men and 5% of the causation of pants came from people residing in cold climates, where both sexes wore pants. But in the early days of history, in the temperate regions of Sumeria, Mesopotamia, Egypt et al, both sexes wore draped garments (skirt attire). There was no issue of gender distinction, because men had facial hair. Today the convention is for men to obliterate their male insignia every AM and are told, our pants are our sexual ID from women! How so in an absolute sense, when women as a group, primarily wear twin tube leg garments? You're accustomed to self determination for women, but you're used to the no variety policy for men. If you don't want to change, don't! But don't tell others they can't! Since clearly you know the Alaskan climate is a health hazard for someone in a miniskirt, and that's the punitive basis you propose for men who want...
    You have no knowledge as to the historical causation of either basic garment, you merely know what the current social habits are, and can't conscience any variation from it. People have always been against change. But if it wins the majority over, they cease opposition, and are comfortable with it. This shows they can't reason and don't wish to try. 95% of the causation of pants was as a horseback riding garment for men and 5% of the causation of pants came from people residing in cold climates, where both sexes wore pants. But in the early days of history, in the temperate regions of Sumeria, Mesopotamia, Egypt et al, both sexes wore draped garments (skirt attire). There was no issue of gender distinction, because men had facial hair. Today the convention is for men to obliterate their male insignia every AM and are told, our pants are our sexual ID from women! How so in an absolute sense, when women as a group, primarily wear twin tube leg garments? You're accustomed to self determination for women, but you're used to the no variety policy for men. If you don't want to change, don't! But don't tell others they can't! Since clearly you know the Alaskan climate is a health hazard for someone in a miniskirt, and that's the punitive basis you propose for men who want to wear a skirt, since you disfavor the idea---my rejoinder to you becomes---yes, wear pants. But see to it you take them to a tailor and have the area of the crotch made so tight, the blood vessels will burst if an erection comes about. Additionally, your testicles don't need any free space for comfort; yes, you should wear pants that strangle your male anatomy! Realistically, for men who wear allegedly well fitting pants, comes the daily commute, they sit down, the material draws up, and what wasn't tight while standing, has now become constraining. You're an unjust person, and reasoning makes you ill. Additionally, men willing to try something very different have courage you can't muster.
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  • owen Charles 2012/12/19 04:30:24
    owen
    ALASKA
  • Charles owen 2012/12/23 17:35:50
    Charles
    Stop sputtering, we're waiting to see your credible attempt at argumentation.
  • ana 2012/06/11 18:38:24
    No
    ana
    +3
    i dont think its a gud idea bt if you can work it ,sure!
  • Chris Tate 2012/06/05 18:19:22
    Yes
    Chris Tate
    Morally no but as someone who hates people butting in on somebody else's right shut up and let the dude do what he wants
  • owen Chris Tate 2012/06/15 08:15:10
    owen
    Do you like his style?
  • Sam Stroberg 2012/05/31 08:24:21
    Yes
    Sam Stroberg
    +2
    It might not be attractive, but it is freedom of expression.
  • Zeruke 2012/05/30 00:16:23
    Yes
    Zeruke
    +3
    as long as private areas are not shown then why should anyone need to worry about it
  • Cora 2012/05/29 03:38:22
    No
    Cora
    +1
    No, not if he is wearing a SCOTTISH KILT.
  • Charles Cora 2012/11/17 05:57:09
    Charles
    The kilt only cant is a broken record. Picture the travel agency telling men "Scotland is the only overseas destination we'll help you to visit," you kilt only people are desperately pathetic! You don't even realize why you say "kilt only!" It's because a kilt is to an extent, already part of your consciousness! It's things not part of your thinking, that you resist! And that's BAD! You're obstructing innovation! Just how many trouser styles are women wearing? HUH? Kilts are for ethnic Scots and for men who want to wear a skirt, while stubbornly denying that what they're wearing, IS a skirt! Kilts are NOT for anyone who wants variety, because kilts are a fixed, changeless style---a uniform. If the kilt had never been invented, none of you "kilt only" people would invent it, because you HATE innovation! But all that is tradition today, was once innovation! Get a grip, you're such vile morons! Time to get used to things you aren't used to seeing! Practice tolerance, bring your reactions under control, live and let live, and DON'T seek to SHANGHAI men into that ONE style! Hey, are you Scottish? Hell, the Albanians and Greeks were wearing skirts way before there were people in your part of the world!
    Albanian costume
  • Jayne 2012/05/28 00:48:25
    Yes
    Jayne
    Why not? How can the school discriminate between gender when it comes to the dress code? But I do think that the skirt should have a length that goes below the knee for all students.
  • BenjaminIsRight 2012/05/27 00:49:04
    Yes
    BenjaminIsRight
    +1
    Well... if it's a public school, then the answer is "yes." But if it's a private school, then it's "no." #libertarianview
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