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School Reportedly Sends 70 Female Students Home Over Short Skirts

A school has reportedly sent home multiple young girls home due to the length of their skirts.

Why? Administrators were reportedly concerned that the short hemlines would encourage “boys to peer up them.”

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According to reports, 70 female students were sent home from Lord Grey secondary school in England after being informed that their skirt lengths — regulations call for knee-length pieces — didn’t pass the uniform test on the first day of term.

Included in this group were some pupils whose pants were deemed too tight.

A junior spoke out against the decision, taking particular offense to the comments that her outfit was “inappropriate”.

She explained: “The boys never get any hassle. I feel like it is disgusting how they ask women to dress modestly. They never used to be strict on skirts, but now it is ridiculous. … [They] are always moaning that we are not doing enough work, yet they send us home for our uniform.”

Her father added: “I can’t see what the problem is. She’s been wearing the same skirt for months, and they pull her up now. I can understand if a girl goes with a short, short skirt, then maybe, but this was ridiculous.”

However, head teacher Tracey Jones stands by her decision, insisting that the pupils were given ample notice to prepare for the uniform check.

“We are protecting our female students,” Jones said.

“They should look demure and modest and not appear over-sexualized in figure-hugging trousers or very short skirts.”

She noted that the school has a tower with six flights of stairs that the students climb on a daily basis.

“The last thing we want is boys peering up girls’ skirts while they are climbing the stairs."